SAD Meets Rajnath Singh To Demand Citizenship For Afghanistan Sikhs And Hindus
SAD Meets Rajnath Singh To Demand Citizenship For Afghanistan Sikhs And Hindus
Afghanistan Sikh Delegation represented by Shiromani Akali Dal met Home Minister Rajnath Singh today to demand citizenship for Afghanistan Sikhs and Hindus.
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On 3rd July, 2018, a delegation of Afghan refugees living in Delhi called on Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and sought her intervention to facilitate the return of those Sikhs who want to leave Afghanistan following the latest terrorist attack in Jalalabad. The delegation included representatives of DGPC and SGPC.
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While there were once 2,00,000 Sikhs in Afghanistan, their number has dwindled to just about a thousand. And while Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Abdali told NH that though Sikhs did face a threat, they were an integral part of the Afghan society and were held in esteem.
He said that the Afghan Government would cooperate with Government of India in whatever was needed to be done.
-PTC NEWS
