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Save Afghan Sikhs and Hindus From Genocide, Activists Urge

Ayesha Tanzeem

   ISLAMABAD - Four-year-old Tanya Kaur woke up her father, Harinder
   Singh, to tell him she wanted to wear some new clothes to the gurdwara,
   a Sikh temple. Hours later, Singh watched her succumb to bullet wounds
   along with his wife and father.

   "She kept shouting, save me, Daddy, save me, Daddy," Singh recalled.
   "They kept shooting, even at the heap of bodies lying on the ground,"
   he said, wailing uncontrollably.

   Singh was one of approximately 150 Sikhs attending a group prayer in a
   gurdwara in Kabul on March 25, when Islamic State militants attacked
   the temple. Singh's relatives were among 25 people killed.

   His highly emotional description recalling the loss of his loved ones
   can be seen in a video uploaded to YouTube by an account called
   TheAfghanDutchSikh.

   Singh says the incident changed him. By his account, he used to tell
   his fellow Sikhs to stay put as many fled Afghanistan following
   repeated attacks and ongoing threats against the minority group.

   "Now I tell everyone to leave the country, including my fellow Muslim
   Afghans. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, everyone should flee. There is no
   humanity here," he said.

   He is not alone. Many in his tiny community of approximately 700 people
   in Afghanistan say they cannot feel safe in a country where Islamist
   militant groups like Islamic State have put a target on their backs.

   In the immediate aftermath of last month's gurdwara attack, they faced
   two more failed attacks. A Sikh man in Kabul, who spoke to VOA on a
   condition of anonymity for fear of his safety, was present at all three
   locations.

   On March 25, he lost five family members, including his father and a
   3-year-old niece. The day after, he went with others to cremate the
   bodies.

   "I was inside. We were preparing for the cremations when we heard a
   bomb blast. Then police came and said you guys are safe and it is just
   an improvised explosive device. It was a little bit far," he said. They
   were taken home in police cars.

   The day after, he was on his way to another gurdwara with his brother
   when he saw two people running and yelling, "There's a bomb out there."

   He said he thought they were lying but soon police came and rushed them
   inside the building. They had found another IED, but this one failed to
   explode.

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