Ambala: A group of 66 Sikh and Hindu Afghanistan, including Afghan Parliamentarians Anarkali Kaur Honaryar and Narender Singh Khalsa, were not permitted by the Taliban to enter Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul to fly out of Indian countries with several Indians, even when they waited Nearly 43 hours, people from both communities were confirmed.
They have returned safely to their homes in Kabul City or Gurdwara Sri Teacher Singh Sabha, Karta-e-Parwan, along with Sikh very from Jalalabad, said local sources.
One of them said this was their second attempt to enter Kabul airport around 12:30 a.m.
on Saturday.
Group 66 Hindu Afghanistan and Sikh have left a safe place with around 200 Indians in a minibus according to the instructions received from Indian officials.
Before they left, the saver fighters had examined all their vehicles.
Then, the Taliban fighters also escorted the group to the airport in the middle of the night.
In some videos available with TOI, the group can be seen traveling in a minibus to the airport at night.
“Kabul city streets are very frightening because there is chaos in all directions.
The road to the airport is jammed by a large number of vehicles and thousands of people.
Taliban fighters take us all the time.
There is a heavy shot in the air to disperse the crowd near the airport and we live inside Our vehicle.
Talibans told us to wait and we kept waiting in the vehicle outside the airport kabul until around 9:30 a.m.
but we were not allowed to continue, “said a member of the Sikh from the group.
The person added that the Taliban told them to return as “we were not Indians, but Afghanistan”.
“They talked to us angrily and said there was no Sikh or Hindu.
Indians who were with us were allowed to proceed to the airport.” Previously, this group had made the first attempt to enter Kabul airport for evacuation on Friday morning but they have been back because of excessive shooting there.
It was also reported about 150 Indian citizens taken out by the Taliban to examine their documents and they were then allowed to enter Kabul airport.
Indian public broadcaster, Prasar News Service Bharati (PBN) Tweeted from his verified handle around 15:15 pm on Saturday that all 150 Indian citizens have risen IAF C-17 successfully and they are on our way to India.
However, these tweets are removed within 30 minutes with PBN and there is no justification incurred for the same thing.
Meanwhile, Indian Diaspora settled in various countries has raised concerns.
About the salvation of the minority of Afghan religion.
On August 19, members of the British parliament from Birmingham Edgbaston, Preet Kaur Gill, wrote to the Secretary of the Houses of Kin Gdn, Priti Patel, raised concerns about the persecution of religious minorities in Afghanistan.
“I have been contacted by several SIKH charities and charities about the need for urgent intervention to protect Sikh because of the abuse of religion and a direct threat to life in Kabul …
Sikh and Hindus are targeted in several fatal attacks …” Gill wrote in his letter to Patel.
He added about 650 Sikh and Hindu Afghanistan requires asylum.
“From them, 380 at this time in India.
The remaining 270 in Gurdwara Sri Teacher Singh Sabha, Karta-e-Parwan in Kabul, among them 51 are children, 50 are women, and 15-20 are elderly.
However, from 270, most have identity paper, a handful of newborns do not have a passport.
Of the 260 with a passport, mostly has an Afghan passport and six have India, “Gill wrote.
When Britain has announced to reciminate 5,000 Afghans, Gill has been looking for clarity from Patel in the process to propose the same.
Meanwhile, Canada on August 13, 2021, also announced to reciminate around 20,000 Afghans “vulnerable”, including female leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, minorities of religion that were persecuted, individual LGBTI, and family members from family translators.
According to the announcement, to revive “Afghanistan and Sikh Hindus”, the Canadian government has expanded its partnership with the Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation.