About this post: A 1981 photograph of members of the first Kirtani Jatha of the Afghan Sangat — including Gyani Darbari Singh Shant and renowned ragi Bhai Pyara Singh Darwesh — reciting kirtan in the wedding hall of Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar (shared April 2020).
Month: April 2020
Mehr Chand Kapoor
About this post: A tribute to Mehr Chand Kapoor (April 2020), a prominent Afghan Hindu who passed away in New York — former corporate head treasurer of the Afghan National Bank in Kabul who ran a textile factory employing 5,000 people, remembered for his devotion and regular visits to Gurdwara Bhai Mansa Singh in Kabul.
Interview with Khajinder Singh Khurana
About this video: This 31-minute interview from Punjab Television (aired April 24, 2020) puts S. Ravi Singh of Khalsa Aid before tough questions, including why the organisation stayed silent on the controversy around the Khalsa-network “Jhalla” issue. The conversation also touches on matters affecting Afghan Sikhs and the Afghan Hindu Sikh Welfare Society of New… Continue reading Interview with Khajinder Singh Khurana
Afghan American Sikhs urge India to help in resettlement of Sikhs, Hindus ‘trapped’ in Afghanistan
Source: Catch News The Afghan Sikh community living in the United States has urged the Indian Government to help in the resettlement of the Sikhs living in Afghanistan, terming it to be the only ‘viable’ option for less than 650 families that are hard hit by the violence in the country. Worried for the lives… Continue reading Afghan American Sikhs urge India to help in resettlement of Sikhs, Hindus ‘trapped’ in Afghanistan
Save Afghan Sikhs
On March 25th, 2020, a militant attack on Gurduara Guru Harirai Sahib in the Shorbazar district of Kabul sparked a renewed call to get the remaining Sikhs of Afghanistan to safety. Global concern for this vulnerable community and campaigns for relief and resettlement are at an all-time high, but due to decades of instability and… Continue reading Save Afghan Sikhs
Afghanistan refuses to extradite regional Islamic head chief to Pakistan Read
Source: The Economic Times Pakistan had requested his custody for further investigation as the leader of leader of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the Islamic State. The Afghan foreign ministry said as Farooqi was involved in the killing of hundreds of Afghans, he should be tried under the law of… Continue reading Afghanistan refuses to extradite regional Islamic head chief to Pakistan Read
Opinion: Kabul Attack, CAA And The Afghan Trouble
Source: Youth Ki Awaaz The distressing news of the fidayeen attack on a Sikh Gurudwara in Afghanistan’s Kabul raised severe questions over the vulnerability of minorities in the Islamic Republic of Afganistan and the region’s impending de-stability post the exit of the U.S troops. The attack took place at a critical juncture when the entire global community… Continue reading Opinion: Kabul Attack, CAA And The Afghan Trouble