Bayat Foundation helps Afghan Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul

Bayat Foundation Winter Aid Program in 2013, assisted “Ahl-Honoud community” in Karte-e-Parwan Daramsal – Kabul. More than 100 families were granted foodstuff and winter clothes by Dr. Ehsanullah Bayat – Founder of Bayat Foundation and Mrs. Laya Bayat – Co Chair of Bayat Foundation.        

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Mission Afghanistan – A documentary on Afghan Sikhs and Hindus

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eBopP2k5N8U] “Sarbat Sangat Kabul Guru rakhega…. Sarbat Sangat uppar Meri khushi hai…”                       – Paatshahi 10 Samat 1756. The above quotation is from a Hukamnaama of Guru Gobind Singh of 1699 CE, blessing the Sangat of Kabul.  The opening and concluding lines of the Hukamnaana (edict) read: “Sangat of Kabul, the Guru will save you…. I… Continue reading Mission Afghanistan – A documentary on Afghan Sikhs and Hindus

HINDU IN AFGHANISTAN: What are you still doing here?

About this video: This short clip from the Abdul Al-Haqq channel, captioned on screen “Being a Hindu in Kabul,” features a Hindu man in Kabul speaking about life as a Hindu there. It focuses on his experience in Kabul.

Hindus and Sikhs – homeless Afghan citizens

  Source: Deutche Welle – 3-Dec-2012 For hundreds of years, Hindus and Sikhs have lived in Afghanistan. But even after the fall of the Islamist Taliban regime, they face growing discrimination, forcing many to leave. Sometimes you can recognize them on the streets, usually because of their black or wine-red turbans and opulent beards. Others look… Continue reading Hindus and Sikhs – homeless Afghan citizens

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Afghan Sikhs protest over cremation

Source: Pajhwok Afghan News – By Abasin Zaheer Nov 16, 2012 – 16:21 KABUL (PAN): Members of the minority Sikh community rallied against residents of the Qalacha neighbourhood of Kabul for opposing the cremation of their relatives’ bodies. Dozens of protestors in Pashtunistan Ward also accused the Afghan police and army of preventing them from burning their dead in… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs protest over cremation

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A thriving economy of Afghan business in Delhi!

Source Shivam Saini Every day, Ariana Afghan Airlines, Safi Airways, Kam Air, SpiceJet and Air India bring as many as 650 Afghans to New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from Kabul – students, traders, asylum seekers, tourists and, most of all, patients looking for treatment that is not available in their country. Once the winter… Continue reading A thriving economy of Afghan business in Delhi!

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Satmi kabul Oktober 2012

About this video: This video from the Kabulnath channel records the Satmi ceremony in October 2012 at the Asamai Mandir in Kabul, Afghanistan. It shows the ceremony at the temple, as described in the video’s own description. [youtube=http://youtu.be/tJMPaoF4EQA]