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Qais Essar and Sonny Singh’s latest album, Sangat, comprises Sufi compositions and Sikh hymns that hark back to the defining ...
Despite the discrimination, Afghan Hindus and Sikh strongly identify with their national identity. “Of course, I am an Afghan first,” Ramnath answers fiercely when asked about his Afghan identity.
KABUL — Living in a deeply religious, overwhelmingly Muslim nation, Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have suffered their share of hardships: taunts, attacks, desecration of cremation sites ...
Kabul: An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) ...
Sikhs and Hindus have lived in Afghanistan for generations, but the end of that era is near. Afghan Sikh man mourns over a coffin during a funeral procession and cremation ceremony for those who ...
There are also about 800 Afghan Hindus in the area, according to Doulat Radhu Bathija, a leader of that community. Back in Afghanistan, gurdwaras and temples always stood side by side, ...
Around 140 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus who were expected to arrive from Kabul for an annual pilgrimage were stopped by the Taliban from going to the Kabul airport on Aug. 26. (ANI photo) By VISHAL ...
There are also about 800 Afghan Hindus in the area, according to Doulat Radhu Bathija, a leader of that community. Back in Afghanistan, gurdwaras and temples always stood side by side, ...
The United Nations 15-member Security Council at a meeting to discuss the Afghanistan situation, in New York Aug. 16. (ANI photo) TORONTO – Canada will admit 20,000 vulnerable Afghans, including ...
If the Taliban Administration has decided to restore property rights to their citizens belonging to Afghan Hindu and Sikh community, we see this as a positive development,” the ministry ...
Kulwinder Singh Soni’s voice quavered as he recounted the day in March 2020 when an Islamic State gunman burst into a Sikh gurdwara's prayer hall in Kabul, ...
There are also about 800 Afghan Hindus in the area, according to Doulat Radhu Bathija, a leader of that community. Back in Afghanistan, gurdwaras and temples always stood side by side, ...