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
Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Hukumnama to Kabul Sikhs
About this post: A photograph of the Hukumnama — the royal command-letter of Guru Gobind Singh Ji to the Sikhs of Kabul, dated 23 May 1699, issued after the inauguration of the Khalsa on Vaisakhi 1699 (shared April 2020).
“Afghanistan is a dangerous place to live in but minorities are more vulnerable”
Source: International Affairs Review It is wrong to assume that Hindus and Sikhs are recent migrants to Afghanistan. Diwan Niranjan Das, an Afghan Hindu, negortiatedindependence of Afghanistan with the British government in India in 1920. Inderjeet Singh is the author of the recently published ‘Afghan Hindus and Sikhs: A History of a Thousand Years’. In the wake… Continue reading “Afghanistan is a dangerous place to live in but minorities are more vulnerable”