Afghan Hindus and Sikhs on Monday met the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and raised several demands. The small minority, now in some thousands, raised the issues of land grabbing done by influential people in the country. Another issue was the ease of getting Afghanistan’s Visa for Hindus and Sikhs who hold dual citizenship. Ashraf […]
Iran’s high-security Chabahar Port area saw a suicide car bomb strike which wounded at least two while scores were left injured on Thursday. The terrorists sitting in a car were trying to infiltrate the city’s police headquarters in the morning but they failed to breach the security and instead detonated mid-way leading at least 30 […]
Pakistan and Afghanistan have got major rebuke by US President Donald Trump. Trump targeted Pakistan by saying that the now cash-strapped South Asian country took billions of dollars but never said that Osama Bin Laden was living there. In his comments on social media, Donald Trump wrote: Of course, we should have captured Osama Bin […]
The first trilateral meeting between India, Afghanistan and Iran of the Coordination Council of the Chabahar Agreement took place on October 23, 2018 in Tehran. The Indian delegation was led by T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations). The Afghan and Iran delegations were led by respective Deputy Ministers of Transport. A press note said that ‘detailed […]
National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, visited Iran on 26 September 2018 to participate in a meeting focussing on the issue of threat posed by terrorism, including Daesh/ISIS, to regional and global peace, security and stability. Other participants included NSAs/Secretaries to the National Security Council/ Deputy Minister of Security from Afghanistan, China, Iran and Russia. […]
The murder of an Indian national has drawn condemnation from India. Three foreign nationals who were working for French catering company Sodexo were abducted and killed in Kabul on Thursday and their bodies were recovered later. An Indian (39 years of age), a Malaysian (64 years of age) and a Macedonian citizen (37 years of […]
At least 15 people have been killed while 21 injured in a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The latest suicide bombing happened near Governor House at Mukhabirat Chowk after President Ashraf Ghani’s visit. The only candidate of Afghan parliament election from the Afghan Sikh Community Avtar Singh Khalsa is among those […]
On June 12th, a delegation of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus met Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar at the Kabul Gurudwara. Sardar Avtar Singh was leading this group but the Indian Embassy chose not to divulge much at that time. During one of the many important discussions, Avtar Singh had mentioned the need for electronic crematoriums for […]
