GURDWARA KARTE PARWAN

June 27, 2022

A terrorist outfit, ISIS-K, has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack on a Gurudwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that killed at least two people and injured seven.

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  • The area is densely populated and is the centre of the Afghan Hindu and Sikh communities.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed shock over the cowardly terrorist attack on the Karte Parwan Gurudwara in Kabul.
  • The gurdwara in Kabul has been home to at least 150 Sikhs, who have been staying there since the fall of the Ashraf Ghani government last August. The latest attack has come days after India sent a senior diplomat to hold dialogue with the Taliban in Kabul.
Source : The Hindu