Sunday, July 25, 2010, 13:03 Source: Spicezee Kabul: Swagatam! Yeh aapka pehla visit hai? For a moment, I was stunned when Ahmad Zaher Faqiri, the Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman, spoke to me in chaste Hindi during my first encounter with him in Kabul. The handsome Afghan diplomat had more in store for me when he… Continue reading Bollywood popular in Afghanistan
Month: July 2010
Afghan Sikhs: forgotten victims
Tuesday 6 July 2010 Source: Guardian They suffered under the mujahideen and the Taliban – but Afghan Sikhs still feel a strong bond with the country Few people outside Afghanistan are aware of the Afghan Sikh community: a little-known, inconspicuous religious minority whose mass exodus from Afghanistan began with the coming to power of the… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs: forgotten victims
Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future
By Sayed Salahuddin Fri Jul 2, 2010 Source KABUL (Reuters) – They thrived long before the arrival of Islam in the seventh century and for a long time dominated the country’s economy, but Sikh and Hindu Afghans now find themselves struggling for survival. “We have no shelter, no land and no authority,” says Awtar Singh,… Continue reading Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future