Source: The Tribune Harkiran Kaur Sodhi HARPREET Kaur was a young girl in Delhi when she married her love and moved to Kabul. “At first, I couldn’t understand where I had come. I used to cry in my room,” she recalls. Slowly, the community’s irresistible warmth touched her. “Phir mera bahut dil lag gaya and… Continue reading Harpreet Kaur and her 31 rings, an Afghan Sikh refugee’s tale
Day: September 27, 2020
Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
Source: Concord Monitor, Star Tribune By TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press Published: 9/27/2020 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of as… Continue reading Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan