HinduPACT and the Global Federation of Societies of Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs (SAHAS) together have strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting Sikh and Hindus in Kart-e-Parwan, Kabul, Afghanistan.
In a press statement it said:
The Global Federation of Societies of Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs (SAHAS), strongly condemns the terrorist attack on our main Gurudwara (House of Worship) in Kart-e-Parwan, Kabul, Afghanistan. In the attack, two people were martyred and seven more injured. The house of worship was under crossfire for over 3 hours and the attackers used multiple bombs (including a car bomb) to attack and seriously damage the premises.
We speak out clearly and forcefully about the continued attacks committed against the Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs, a religious minority of Afghanistan over the last so many centuries. We have faced frequent and sustained terrorist attacks by the Islamic radical factions embedded in Afghan society. In addition to such terrorist attacks, there have been countless incidents of physical and verbal assaults against our community and their properties. Our Temples and Gurudwaras are regularly targeted, vandalized and desecrated with violence, abuse and disrespect. These tactics by the radical Islamic groups are being used in a systematic way to drive the religious minority of Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs out of Afghanistan (slow genocide) and usurp their properties and places of worship. The situation has deteriorated so much that only 100+ people of Afghan-Hindu and Sikh communities are left in Afghanistan; now on the verge of elimination.
We emphasize, to all the UN members, the need to continue to put increased pressure on the current interim Taliban government to investigate such violent incidents, prosecute perpetrators, and provide greater protections for Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs and their places of worship, schools, and cremation grounds.
The following is a list of international Afghan and Hindu organizations:
SAHAS BOARD & TRUSTEES
80 East Barclay Street, Hicksville, New York 11801 – U.S.A.
Website: www.sahasglobal.org; Email: [email protected]; Phone: +1-212-340-8000
Global Member Organizations of SAHAS:
Shri AsaMai Mandir
Aasamai Wat
Dharamsal Johisheer (Asamai)
Kabul, Afghanistan
+93-70 606 3236
Afghan Hindu Association, Inc.
Shri AsaMai Hindu Temple
80 East Barclay Street
Hicksville, NY 11801, U.S.A.
+1-516-433-4388
AsaMai Hindu Temple of Washington
Metropolitan
230 Awkard Land
Silver Spring, MD 20905, U.S.A.
+1-301-966-9600
Afghan Hindu Kulturverein e.v*
AsaMai Hindu Temple Frankfurt
Salzschlirfer Str. 12 60386
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
+49 1715417050
Culturele Stichting van Afghaanse
Hindoes in The Netherlands*
ZaandamHeljermansstraat 129
1502DJ Zaandam
North Holland, Netherlands
+31 6 410 14 035
AsaMai Mandir Belgium VZW*
Oudenaardsesteen weg 265
8500 Kortjik
Belgium
+32 48 41 66 144
AsaMai Cultural Trust
144 Johnson Street
South Hall UB2 5FD, UK
+442085741085
AsaMai Charitable Trust
614-617 Sector 17
Faridabad, Haryana 121002. India
+91-98103-4 5649
Afghan Hindu Kultur Verein e.V
Sanatam Hari Om Temple
Circus-Roncalli – Weg 11
51063 Köln, Germany
+49 221 3404484
Afghanische Hindus Gemeinde in
Köln, e.V.*
Hari Om Hindu Temple
Wikinger strase 62
51107 Köln, Germany
+49 221 8300009
Hari Om Hindu Temple*
Rathausmarkt
36179 Kassel Debra
Germany
+49-176-62136662
Afghan Hindu/Sikh Verein Baden-
Wurttemberg e.V.*
Afghan Sikh Gurdwara
Beim Herzogenberg 31
70329 Stuttgart, Germany
Hindu Tempel und Afghanischer
Hindus Gemeinde e.V.*
Billstraße 77
20539 Hamburg, Germany
+49-40-780 792 92
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Karte Parwan
Kabul, Afghanistan
+93-70 606 3236
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar
(Afghan Sikh Community Center)
11 Broadway
Hicksville, NY 11801, U.S.A.
+1-516-933-4878
Gurudwara Guru Nanak Niwas
Brennerstr 27
20099 Hamburg, Germany
+49-40-28003883
Hindu Sikh Kulturverein e.V.*
Gurudwara Guru Nanak Niwas
Borsigallee 6 60388
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
+49 178 5920391
Gurudwara Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib
Bisschoppenhoflaan 638
2100 Antwerpen
Belgium
+32 499 92 27 24
Gurdwara Nanak Darbar
Afghan Ekta Cultural Religious
Community Center
66-75 King Street
South Hall, United Kingdom
*Represented by Zentralrat der afghanischer Hindus und Sikhs e.V, Salzschlirfer str 12, 60386 Frankfurt, Germany
