Source: MENAFN KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan Sikhs have signed a letter to Indian Embassy to Kabul in which they have called for New Delhi’s help to leave their motherland after a Daesh-claimed deadly attack targeted their temple in Kabul. An attacker stormed a Sikh temple (Gurdwara) on March 25 in the old part of Kabul,… Continue reading Afghanistan- Afghan Sikhs have now stronger reason to migrate to India
Month: April 2020
Afghan Sikhs on a wing and a prayer
By Asia Samachar Team | CANADA | The Kabul attack killing 25 innocent souls have been a real shaker. The 25 March incident, followed by two consecutive days of more attacks in the Afghanistan capital have left the small band of the Sikh minority community living in heightened fear. Even before the attack, they were already almost living… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs on a wing and a prayer
It will be a feather in their cap if they can chase Sikhs out of Afghanisatan
By Asia Samachar Team | BRITAIN | As you read this article, the fate of Sikhs and Hindu minorities in Afghanistan stand in the balance. The 25 March attack on the gurdwara in Kabul may just the defining marker for the end of the long and cherished history of Sikhs in this part of the world. In… Continue reading It will be a feather in their cap if they can chase Sikhs out of Afghanisatan
Afghan Hindus & Sikhs under attack
Source: Gateway House The 25 March 2020 attack on a Sikh gurudwara in Kabul focused world attention on the plight of Afghanistan’s indigenous Sikh and Hindu minorities, the target of both local lawless elements and religious fundamentalists. They once were a significant part of Afghanistan’s principally Muslim population and a mark of its cultural syncretism… Continue reading Afghan Hindus & Sikhs under attack
Blood in the Abode of Peace: The attack on Kabul’s Sikhs
Source: Afghanistan Analysts Network – By Fabrizio Foschini – April 1st 2020 At a time when Afghans face a looming pandemic and worsening conflict, one recent event has stood out: the attack on the Sikh gurdwara in the Old City of Kabul one week ago. It was an unprecedented, sectarian attack on a peaceful, non-Muslim religious minority.… Continue reading Blood in the Abode of Peace: The attack on Kabul’s Sikhs