People from the Sikh minority in Afghanistan who are fleeing the Taliban’s authority landed in India aboard a rescue flight on September 25. One of them was happy to have left the crisis-ridden nation after the Taliban seized power last year, toppling the Ashraf Ghani-led administration when they arrived.
In a special flight that landed at Delhi Airport on September 25, fifty-five Afghan Sikhs arrived as part of the government’s efforts to evacuate the persecuted minorities in the Taliban-led country. The flight was organized to evacuate these Afghan minorities by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandak Committee, Amritsar, in collaboration with the Indian World Forum and the Center.
Some refugees expressed gratitude to the government for securing them urgent e-visas and transporting them safely.
The largest private Afghan airline, Kam Air, evacuated 21 Afghan Sikhs, including a baby, from Kabul to New Delhi on July 14.
In 2020, there were reportedly 700 Hindus and Sikhs living in Afghanistan, but after the Taliban seized power on August 15, 2021, many of them emigrated.
Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, there have reportedly been more attacks on Sikhs.
About 50 people were killed in an attack on the Karte Parwan Gurdwara by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) on June 18 in Kabul. 15 to 20 militants broke into a Gurdwara in Kabul’s Kart-e-Parwan District in October of last year and bound the guards.
News Mania Desk
