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
ਅਫਗਾਨੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਨੇ ਮਖੂ ਕੋਲ ਖੋਲੇ ਰਾਜ, ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨੇ ਬਿਠਾਇਆ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਫਗਾਨ
About this video: An Akaal Channel report (March 2020, in Punjabi, 16 minutes) with an Afghan Sikh on the community’s roots in Afghanistan.
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
About this video: This report from The Economic Times (March 27, 2020) covers the NIA’s confirmation of a ‘Kerala link’ to the Kabul gurdwara attack — one of the Islamic State terrorists involved was from Kannur, Kerala.