Afghan Sikhs In Kabul

India restarted its Afghan embassy operations in June, but it's made no difference to the waitlist as visas all but stopped after August 2021

Satpal Singh, 28, and his Afghan Sikh family heaved a sigh of relief after they arrived in India from Taliban-controlled Kabul, hoping to begin a normal life in this country.

The past year was a nightmare for 27-year-old Rajinder Singh, an Afghan Sikh, who lost his unborn child due to lack of medical facilities in Taliban-controlled Kabul and lived in constant fear as minorities came under attack.

Eleven Afghan Sikhs will arrive in India on Thursday with the ashes of Sawinder Singh, who was killed in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul, according to people coordinating with the Indian government for their transfer.

Kabul Gurudwara Attack: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday participated in the last rites of Sawinder Singh, a Sikh man who was killed in an attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul.

A relative of the Afghan Sikh man, who is among the two persons killed in a terror attack on a gurdwara in Kabul, saidhis brother-in-law was taking a bath when he was fatally shot multiple times.

The Indian government has granted e-visa to over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, on priority, after Saturday's attack in Kabul, sources told NDTV.

Two people - a Sikh devotee and an Afghan guard - have died and several trapped in a Gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul after two blasts rocked the city this morning. The blasts took place near the gates of the Gurdwara.

A gurdwara in New Mahavir Nagar in west Delhi on Tuesday sheltered 44 Afghan Sikhs who were among 78 people evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban last month.

Some 145 Afghan Sikhs and 15 Hindus were waiting at the same spot near the Kabul airport last night where the blasts took place today. They escaped because they had left the place earlier in the day.

Three copies of the Guru Granth Sahib were flown to India from Kabul as Indian citizens and 46 Afghan nationals were evacuated as part of India's evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that authorities are in touch with a group of Sikhs who have taken shelter inside a gurudwara near Kabul after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and that they will be brought to India as soon as possible.

Eleven members of Sikh community from Afghanistan, who were granted short-term visas by Indian Embassy in Kabul, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped from a gurudwara in Paktia province last month, touched down in New Delhi on Sunday morning.

Ten days after an assault on a gurudwara in Afghanistan's Kabul killed 27 Sikhs, intelligence agencies have claimed the arrest of Mawlawi Abdullah, a.k.a Islam Farooqui, a Pakistani national, in connection with the attack

Families of Afghan Sikhs killed in a terror attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul said that they are "tired" of living in Afghanistan, urging the government to investigate the attacks on the minority community.

India restarted its Afghan embassy operations in June, but it's made no difference to the waitlist as visas all but stopped after August 2021

Satpal Singh, 28, and his Afghan Sikh family heaved a sigh of relief after they arrived in India from Taliban-controlled Kabul, hoping to begin a normal life in this country.

The past year was a nightmare for 27-year-old Rajinder Singh, an Afghan Sikh, who lost his unborn child due to lack of medical facilities in Taliban-controlled Kabul and lived in constant fear as minorities came under attack.

Eleven Afghan Sikhs will arrive in India on Thursday with the ashes of Sawinder Singh, who was killed in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul, according to people coordinating with the Indian government for their transfer.

Kabul Gurudwara Attack: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday participated in the last rites of Sawinder Singh, a Sikh man who was killed in an attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul.

A relative of the Afghan Sikh man, who is among the two persons killed in a terror attack on a gurdwara in Kabul, saidhis brother-in-law was taking a bath when he was fatally shot multiple times.

The Indian government has granted e-visa to over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, on priority, after Saturday's attack in Kabul, sources told NDTV.

Two people - a Sikh devotee and an Afghan guard - have died and several trapped in a Gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul after two blasts rocked the city this morning. The blasts took place near the gates of the Gurdwara.

A gurdwara in New Mahavir Nagar in west Delhi on Tuesday sheltered 44 Afghan Sikhs who were among 78 people evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban last month.

Some 145 Afghan Sikhs and 15 Hindus were waiting at the same spot near the Kabul airport last night where the blasts took place today. They escaped because they had left the place earlier in the day.

Three copies of the Guru Granth Sahib were flown to India from Kabul as Indian citizens and 46 Afghan nationals were evacuated as part of India's evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that authorities are in touch with a group of Sikhs who have taken shelter inside a gurudwara near Kabul after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and that they will be brought to India as soon as possible.

Eleven members of Sikh community from Afghanistan, who were granted short-term visas by Indian Embassy in Kabul, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped from a gurudwara in Paktia province last month, touched down in New Delhi on Sunday morning.

Ten days after an assault on a gurudwara in Afghanistan's Kabul killed 27 Sikhs, intelligence agencies have claimed the arrest of Mawlawi Abdullah, a.k.a Islam Farooqui, a Pakistani national, in connection with the attack

Families of Afghan Sikhs killed in a terror attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul said that they are "tired" of living in Afghanistan, urging the government to investigate the attacks on the minority community.