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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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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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First group of Afghan Sikhs expected to leave the country on Sunday

26th July, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Eleven Afghan Sikhs are expected to leave Kabul on Sunday for India, after being granted visas by the Indian government.  Chhabol Singh, a community leader in Kabul, told India’s Sunday Express that among those leaving Sunday was Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped in Paktia last month before being freed, and the 15-year-old girl

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Posted in India-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Security | Tags: 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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Sikhs in Afghanistan a neglected, vanishing minority

2nd April, 2020 · admin

Asia Times: The terrorist attack that killed 27 Sikhs in a centuries-old gurdwara (Sikh temple) last week highlighted yet again the continued and systematic decimation of Sikhs and other religious minorities in Afghanistan.  Once a thriving religious minority, the Sikh population in Afghanistan has over the last couple of decades declined significantly, with current estimates

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Security | Tags: Afghan Sikhs |
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Indian state chief calls for evacuation of Sikhs from Afghanistan

29th March, 2020 · admin

1TV: The chief minister of an Indian state on Saturday called for evacuation of stranded Sikh families from Afghanistan, following a deadly attack on a temple in Kabul. “Dear @DrSJaishankar, there are a large number of Sikh families who want to be flown out of Afghanistan. Request you to get them airlifted at the earliest.

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, India-Afghanistan Relations, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Afghan Sikhs |
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Blast Rocks Funeral Services For Sikhs Killed In Kabul Attack

26th March, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 26, 2020 A small explosion has disrupted the funeral services for 25 members of Afghanistan’s Sikh community who were killed earlier this week in an attack by an Islamic State gunman on their religious compound. No one was hurt when the explosive device detonated near the crematorium where the ceremonies

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