Handful of Sikhs living in Afghanistan donate relief material for earthquake victims in Kunar
Afghanistan witnessed the exodus of Sikhs and Hindus after the takeover by the Taliban on August 15, 2021
Donated by the gurdwara committee, the relief material has been sent to Kunar, the worst-hit province, where over a thousand people died A handful of Sikhs who stayed in Afghanistan did not forget to perform ‘sewa’ for their country, where an earthquake claimed 1,400 lives.
On Tuesday, the tiny community dispatched relief material for earthquake victims from Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad. Donated by the gurdwara committee, the relief material has been sent to Kunar, the worst-hit province, where over a thousand people died.
Afghanistan witnessed the exodus of Sikhs and Hindus after the takeover by the Taliban on August 15, 2021. Since then, the majority of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have either shifted to India or to other countries such as Canada, Australia and Germany. However, around 50-55 Afghan Sikhs continued to live in their homeland to take care of their gurdwaras and shops, which once had flourishing businesses. Some keep shuttling between India and Afghanistan as their families are settled in cities like Delhi and Ludhiana, among others.
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