2:50pm Saturday 7th February 2009 By Saiqa Chaudhari A MOTHER is begging officials to show “humanity” and release her teenage son from a detention centre. Satnam Gurwara, aged 16, is being held at the secure facility at Manchester Airport. The family, who are Sikh Afghan asylum seekers, live in Great Lever. Satnam was detained on… Continue reading Teenager held in asylum detention centre
Afghanistan research newsletter – No. 20
Feature: Hidden Kabul by Jolyon Leslie Full Report “Let the reader conceive a broken succession of houses, composed of mud walls of different elevations, pierced here and there with wooden pipes to carry off the rain from the flat roofs…..then let him imagine… the entrance to the residence of some great man, with a mulberry… Continue reading Afghanistan research newsletter – No. 20
SPANTA: Afghan foreign minister:
America’s democracy ‘achieves higher maturity’ January 29th 2009 … I had a peculiar feeling when I was watching Obama’s inauguration ceremony. My constant internal struggle was once again revived. I asked myself whether such an historic day could happen in Europe, the birthplace of democracy. Would it be possible for a British citizen of Pakistani… Continue reading SPANTA: Afghan foreign minister:
Hindus are threatening to leave Afghanistan within one week
Source Afghanistan, Kabul, Jan. 19 / Trend News, A. Hakimi/ Hindu minority groups in Kandahar have criticized the government for not improving their squalid living conditions, and they are threatening to leave Afghanistan within one week. Ethnically, Afghanistan is the most multi ethnic country in Asia that has been facing some problems in this regard… Continue reading Hindus are threatening to leave Afghanistan within one week
Afghan Hindu and Sikh Last Names (Surnames)
Afghan Hindu and Sikh Families Following is the list of last names (zaat) for Kandharis, Kabulis and Hindus and Sikhs of other regions of Afghanistan. The list is not complete. If you’re an Afghan Hindu or Sikh and your last name is not listed, please contact us and we will include it in the list.… Continue reading Afghan Hindu and Sikh Last Names (Surnames)
Report on First Sikh Global Civil Rights Conference
PANTHIC.ORG Published on December 19, 2008 NEW YORK, New York – —United Sikhs, a global Sikh advocacy group, organized a global conference on Sikh civil and human rights this past week. It was dubbed the first Sikhs Civil Rights Conference. Some of the issues discussed were the right to wear turban and other symbols of… Continue reading Report on First Sikh Global Civil Rights Conference
Harbans Singh Bewass – Interview with BBC
Harbans Singh, a member of Afghan Sikh community was an anchor, actor and writer in Kabul. Listen to an interview of his with BBC.