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
ਅਫਗਾਨੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਨੇ ਮਖੂ ਕੋਲ ਖੋਲੇ ਰਾਜ, ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨੇ ਬਿਠਾਇਆ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਫਗਾਨ
Sikhs are finished in Afghanistan
Source: Asia Samachar A Sikh organisation har urged the Canadian government to absorb the last remaining Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan after the latest terror attack upon a Sikh gurdwara in central Kabul on Wednesday that killed 25 men, women and children. The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and… Continue reading Sikhs are finished in Afghanistan
For Afghan Sikhs, it’s between violence and exodus
Source: The Hindu Sikh community leader says the latest attack on a gurdwara will prompt more of them to flee A brutal attack on Wednesday targeting a 400-year-old gurdwara in Kabul claimed 25 lives, including two minors and three women, further terrorising Afghanistan’s already dwindling minority Sikh community. “They had gathered for the morning prayers… Continue reading For Afghan Sikhs, it’s between violence and exodus
Kabul Gurudwara attack: NIA confirms ‘Kerala link’, One of the IS terrorists is from Kannur
Asylum rights of Sikhs, Hindus fleeing Afghan attacks must be respected: UN
Source: Business Standard Asylum rights must be respected for Sikhs and Hindus who may be fleeing religious persecution in Afghanistan where a gurdwara was bombed this week killing at least 25 people, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. Asked at his briefing on Thursday specifically if Sikhs and Hindus who are are under attack there… Continue reading Asylum rights of Sikhs, Hindus fleeing Afghan attacks must be respected: UN
At least 25 dead in attack on Afghan Sikh-Hindu temple
Source: The Jakarta News At least 25 people were killed Wednesday in an attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Afghanistan’s capital where worshippers were offering morning prayers, the latest brutal assault claimed by the Islamic State group. The incident, highlighting the country’s ongoing violence, came several hours before Afghanistan’s National Security Council announced that the… Continue reading At least 25 dead in attack on Afghan Sikh-Hindu temple