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Fleeing Taliban, 30 Afghan Sikhs, including kids, arrive in India
Fp Staff •After arriving in Delhi, the rescued group expressed their gratitude to Indian government and requested the authorities to save their relatives who are still stuck
Fleeing Taliban, 30 Afghan Sikhs, including kids, to arrive in India
Fp Staff •Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee is coordinating the evacuation with the Government of India and the India World Forum
'India is your home': PM Modi hosts Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation at his residence
•India had evacuated several members of the minority Sikh and Hindu communities after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021
Stay or go? Dilemma facing last of the Afghan Sikhs
•In the 1970s, Afghanistan's Sikh population numbered 100,000, but decades of conflict, poverty and intolerance have driven almost all of them into exile
Special charter flight expected to evacuate over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Indians from Kabul to India
•The flight, which is also likely to fly back with over 90 Afghan nationals stranded in India, is expected to bring three Guru Granth Sahibs and Hindu religious texts from the ancient Asamai Mandir in Kabul
Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Gurdwara Karte Parwan need help in evacuation, says US Sikh body
•The United Sikhs said so far only India has helped evacuate Afghan Sikhs after the takeover of the country by the Taliban