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With Sikhs practically extinct in Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, India’s case as a natural homeland deserves a revisit

27th September, 2022 · admin

Monica Verma via Firstpost: If they can’t come back to India which was once the land of their ancestors, then where do they go? The fact that the Sikhs weren’t allowed to carry their scriptures by the current Taliban government to India and the fact that Sikhs will soon be an extinct minority in Afghanistan

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, India-Afghanistan Relations, Opinion/Editorial, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs, Escape from the Taliban, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghanistan among the ‘worst of the worst’ in violating religious freedom: US panel

28th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The report said that in Afghanistan, many minority Jewish, Hindu and Sikh residents have fled the country after the IEA [Taliban] returned to power. It said many members of other religious minorities, such as Ahmadiyya Muslims, Baha’is and Christian converts are worshipping in secret for fear of persecution. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs, Life under Taliban rule, Religious minorities in Afghanistan, Shiites |
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Bucking A Trend, Afghan Hindu and Sikh Families Return From India Exile

27th May, 2021 · admin

By Radio Free Afghanistan Abubakar Siddique May 27, 2021 Most members of Afghanistan’s tiny Hindu and Sikh minority fled to India after devastating terrorist attacks killed and maimed scores of community members in recent years. But in a hopeful sign, some have returned to Kabul this month from exile in New Delhi, where many faced myriad

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Posted in Economic News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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Last Afghan Jew Prepares To Leave Amid Exodus Of Minorities

30th March, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Afghanistan Abubakar Siddique March 29, 2021 KABUL, — Zablon Simintov is Afghanistan’s only Jew. The 61-year-old has borne separation from his family and life during civil wars and Taliban oppression to stay in his homeland, Afghanistan. But Simintov is now planning to leave Afghanistan as the withdrawal of Western forces looms amid ongoing

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Security, Society, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs, Jews in Afghanistan, Zablon Simintov |
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Blasts In Kabul Kill At Least Three People

6th February, 2021 · admin · 3 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2021 Afghan police say at least three people, including members of the Afghan Hindu community, have been killed and four others wounded in three separate blasts in the capital, Kabul. The first explosion took place inside a shop in the Bagh-e Qazi area west of Kabul in the morning,

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Kabul |
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Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan

27th September, 2020 · admin · 15 Comments

AP: Afghanistan’s dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of as many as 250,000 members now counts fewer than 700. Click here to

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Society | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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Sikhs, Hindus ‘endangered minorities’ in Afghanistan, says resolution introduced in US Congress

18th August, 2020 · admin · 13 Comments

PTI: Describing Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan as “endangered minorities”, a resolution introduced in the US Congress has sought to resettle these persecuted religious communities from the war-torn country to America. Introduced in the House of Representatives last week by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and co-sponsored by seven others, the resolution supports refugee protection for Sikhs

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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180 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus Headed for India

11th August, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: A group of around 180 Afghanistan Hindu and Sikhs is likely to reach India on Wednesday, the Times of India reported on Tuesday. Efforts are underway to evacuate relatives of all persons who died in the Kabul bomb blast in March that claimed 25 lives at a Hindu and Sikh place of worship,

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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Kidnapped Sikh leader Nidan Singh released in Afghanistan

18th July, 2020 · admin

Tribune News Service: India has thanked the Afghan government for the safe return of kidnapped Sikh Nidan Singh Sachdeva and has decided to facilitate the return of Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members facing security threats in Afghanistan to India, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement. There are about 1,000 Sikh

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Posted in India-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Security | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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Save Afghan Sikhs and Hindus From Genocide, Activists Urge

18th April, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News April 18, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Four-year-old Tanya Kaur woke up her father, Harinder Singh, to tell him she wanted to wear some new clothes to the gurdwara, a Sikh temple. Hours later, Singh watched her succumb to bullet wounds along with his wife and father. “She kept shouting, save me, Daddy,

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs |
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