Tolo The Afghan Hindus and Sikhs say they will not celebrate this year’s Diwali festival due to deadly incidents took place in the country recent months. The festival was not held last year either due to a deadly incident in Kabul. Hindus and Sikhs living in Kabul said that the death of 14 Hindus and Sikhs in Nangarhar bombing July, assassination of former… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Are Not Celebrating Diwali This Year
UNITED SIKHS Calls Upon Canadian Prime Minister and House of Commons to Provide Asylum To Afghan Minorities
Sikh 24 By UNITED SIKHS –October 26, 2018 OTTAWA, Canada—UNITED SIKHS this week announced a call to action in the House of Commons alongside several members of Parliament to address the increasingly desperate plight of religious minorities in Afghanistan. After gaining the support of several policy stakeholders, including MPs Garnett Genuis, Elizabeth May, Cheryl Hardcastle, Harold Albrecht,… Continue reading UNITED SIKHS Calls Upon Canadian Prime Minister and House of Commons to Provide Asylum To Afghan Minorities
16 collectors in 7 states can register Hindu, Sikhs, Buddhists from Pak, Afghan, B’desh as Indians
Daily Excelsior NEW DELHI: The Government has authorised 16 collectors in seven states in the country to register as Indian citizens the members of minority community from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Home Ministry in a notification said any person belonging to minority community — Hindu, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — from the… Continue reading 16 collectors in 7 states can register Hindu, Sikhs, Buddhists from Pak, Afghan, B’desh as Indians
Afghanistan Sikh, Hindu community brave danger to vote
The National Despite being dealt a major blow this year, Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh communities came out in full strength on Saturday to vote in the country’s parliamentary elections. For the first time since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 these two minorities are voting to elect a member of the lower house, a… Continue reading Afghanistan Sikh, Hindu community brave danger to vote
Afghan Sikh, Hindu community seeks recognition via vote
Anadolu Agency For first time, minority candidate to take part in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 20 By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL Afghanistan’s marginalized Sikh and Hindu minority has decided to field its candidate for the very first time in the forthcoming parliamentary elections later this month. Narendra Singh, a young herbal medicine expert,… Continue reading Afghan Sikh, Hindu community seeks recognition via vote
Afghanistan elections: ‘I want to fulfil my slain father’s dreams’
BBC News Narinder Singh is the only Sikh candidate in the upcoming Afghan elections. He is standing in place of his father, Avtar Singh Khalsa, who was killed in a suicide blast in Jalalabad last July. The parliamentary election will be held on 20 October and more than 2,500 candidates are reportedly standing in it.… Continue reading Afghanistan elections: ‘I want to fulfil my slain father’s dreams’
The Last 2 Sikhs in the Taliban’s Heartland
The Diplomat Atar (left) and Charan Singh (right) in the last remaining Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) in Lashkar Gah. Image Credit: Franz J. Marty LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN – Like many other Afghans, Satnam Singh rides on a bicycle to work in his hometown of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern Afghan province… Continue reading The Last 2 Sikhs in the Taliban’s Heartland