Source (hereunder IS A free-rendering of an Article Muzaffar Hussain contributed to the Hindi daily. Ranchi Express, dated Sunday, 27 February 2000) The very kandhar city in Afghanistan which was recently the secently the scene of a perilous hijack by Muslim / militants, of nearly 200 persons in an Indian aeroplance. Even less than 50… Continue reading PRE – ISLAMIC VEDIC CULTURE IN AFGHANISTAN
Taliban diktat to non-Muslims
From DN Chaturvedi Tribune News Service Tuesday, December 21, 1999 FARIDABAD, Dec 20 — The fundamentalist Taliban government in Afghanistan has issued a number of strict orders to be followed by the Hindus and Sikhs in that country. Most of the non-Muslims have already left Afghanistan after the takeover of the country by Pakistan-backed Taliban… Continue reading Taliban diktat to non-Muslims
U.S. Department of State – Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Afghanistan
Source Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, September 9, 1999 Section I. Freedom of Religion Freedom of religion is restricted severely. Due to the absence of a constitution and the ongoing civil war, religious freedom is determined primarily by unofficial, unwritten, and evolving policies of the warring factions. In… Continue reading U.S. Department of State – Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Afghanistan
Human Rights Report by US Department of State – 1994
Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, September 9, 1999 Afghanistan in 1994 continued to experience civil war and widespread lawlessness. The nominal nine-party coalition Government failed to function effectively, and armed factions opposed or supported President Burhanuddin Rabbani. Several provincial administrations maintained limited functions, but banditry was prevalent in… Continue reading Human Rights Report by US Department of State – 1994
An Assessment – Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
Source 2.6 In addition, since 1978 a multitude of languages, used by the ethnic minorities such as the Uzbeks, Turkomans, Baluchis, Nuristanis and Pashai have been officially recognized. [11a] Afghan Sikhs retain the use of Punjabi amongst themselves; given their involvement in trade, Dari/Farsi is probably the most important additional language for them. [15c] 5.3.2… Continue reading An Assessment – Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
No Place to Turn: Afghan Refugees in New Delhi
HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURES A joint initiative of SAHRDC and HRDC -6/6 Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi -110 029, India. HRF/4/99 Embargoed for 26 July 1999 Approximately 60,000 Afghan refugees are estimated to be living in New Delhi, but since the beginning of 1999, the Indian Government’s Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has refused to renew… Continue reading No Place to Turn: Afghan Refugees in New Delhi
Bleak future faces Afghan Hindus in Germany
Author: Manik Mehta Publication: The Observer Source Hindu refugees from Afghanistan, who first fled the Soviet invasion of that country in 1980 and later the turmoils of the ensuing civil war, face a bleak future in Germany. Germany has an Afghan population of 60,000 consisting largely of Muslim refugees. Some 6,000 are Hindu and have… Continue reading Bleak future faces Afghan Hindus in Germany