Amritsar: The hour after entering Kabul, the Taliban representative met with the leaders of Minuscule Sikh and the Hindu community in Kabul asking them not to be afraid of them or leave the country.
Instead, they have shared their cellphone numbers with them and asked to contact if they face difficulties.
It might not be heard because the minorities expect retaliation by the Taliban and the reversal of the freedom they have ever enjoyed but for now, they have the view that they can easily breathe.
However, the Taliban asked them to lift their white flag to avoid misunderstandings.
“On Sunday night, the Taliban had entered Kabul and on Monday morning, some of their representatives went to Gurdwara Karte Parwan and met with representatives of Sikh and Hinduism, they (Taliban) asked them not to be afraid or left the country, they too.
Share contact numbers They were with them and asked to contact if there was a problem “said a sikh Charan Singh Afghanistan ,, currently lives in Moscow, while talking to TOI on Monday.
When the capital fell to the Taliban, the majority of Hindus and Sikh who could not escape or did not want to leave their country for various reasons both in their homes or take refuge in Gurdwara Karte Parwan, one of the six gurdwara from Kabul.
“For almost six years – from 1996 to 2001 – we live under their regime and we are not afraid of the Taliban, we are not afraid of them even now, we are just afraid of war and suggestion which is our main concern, for now, for the moment this, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, for now, There is a sigh of relief after they guarantee our safety and also share their contact numbers, “said an Afghan sikh with anonymous requirements for clear reasons.
He said the Taliban had asked them to lift their white flag outside Gurdwara so that other people should know that they were under the protection of Taliban.
An entrepreneur with a profession, he said items worth crores rupees that they had imported from various countries including India lay with the Afghan customs department for permission.
“The Taliban has convinced us protection but there are evil elements roaming the top of the Taliban who can loot the failure and take the goods, this action is most afraid,” he said.
He told him that five of the six gurdwara and both Hindu temples in Kabul were closed.
Quoting his conversation with one of his relatives in Kandthar, who had fallen into the Taliban, through the phone he said, “in Kandar, only a handful of Sikh and Hinduism, the Taliban have also convinced them about their safety, we hope they keep their words.” Meanwhile, President of the Gurdwara Delhi Sikh Management Committee, Manjinder Singh Sira said, “I was in contact with the President, the Gurdwara Committee Kabul and highly informed me that more than 320 minorities (including 50 Hindu and more than 270 Sikh) had refuge in Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul After the last development “.
Sirsa confirmed that Taliban leaders have met with Sikh and Hindu representatives and have convinced them about their safety.
“We hope Hindu and Sikh will be able to live safely and be able to live.
A safe life despite political and military changes occur in Afghanistan,” said DSGMC President.