۲۸ جوزا ۱۴۰۱
We strongly condemn the barbaric attack on our Gurudawara Sahib Kar te Parwan in Kabul today.
An Indigenous and Religious Minority from Afghanistan
USA Federal ID: 87-2151212
PRESS RELEASE: June 18, 2022
The Global Federation of Societies of Afghan-Hindus and Sikhs (SAHAS), strongly condemns the terrorist attack today 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 its 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.
SAHAS BOARD & TRUSTEES
80 East Barclay Street, Hicksville, New York 11801 – U.S.A.
Website: www.afghanhindusikh.org; Email: info@sahasglobal.org; Phone: +1-212-340-8000
Chairman
Sena P. Lund
Trustee
Afghan Hindu Association 80 East Barclay Street, Hicksville,
Vice-Chairman
Bhajan Singh Kapoor
Chairman
Charity Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan Unit 7, Hounslow Business Park Hounslow TW3 3UD, London
Vice-Chairman Jaganath Gardezi
President
Afghan Hindu Kulturverein Salzschlirfer Str. 12 60386 Frankfurt Main, Germany
Vice-Chairman Raghu Nath Kochar
President
AsaMai Charitable Trust 614 Sector 17, Faridabad Haryana 121002. India
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Global Member Organizations of SAHAS:
Shri AsaMai Mandir Aasamai Wat Dharamsal Johisheer (Asamai) Kabul, Afghanistan +93-70 606 3236Afghan Hindu Association, Inc. Shri AsaMai Hindu Temple 80 East Barclay Street Hicksville, NY 11801, U.S.A. +1-516-433-4388AsaMai Hindu Temple of Washington Metropolitan 230 Awkard Land Silver Spring, MD 20905, U.S.A. +1-301-966-9600Afghan Hindu Kulturverein e.v* AsaMai Hindu Temple Frankfurt Salzschlirfer Str. 12 60386 Frankfurt am Main, Germany +49 1715417050Culturele Stichting van Afghaanse Hindoes in The Netherlands* ZaandamHeljermansstraat 129 1502DJ Zaandam North Holland, Netherlands +31 6 410 14 035AsaMai Mandir Belgium VZW* Oudenaardsesteen weg 265 8500 Kortjik Belgium +32 48 41 66 144AsaMai Cultural Trust 144 Johnson Street South Hall UB2 5FD, UK +442085741085AsaMai Charitable Trust 614-617 Sector 17 Faridabad, Haryana 121002. India +91-98103-4 5649Afghan Hindu Kultur Verein e.V Sanatam Hari Om Temple Circus-Roncalli - Weg 11 51063 Köln, Germany +49 221 3404484Afghanische Hindus Gemeinde in Köln, e.V.* Hari Om Hindu Temple Wikinger strase 62 51107 Köln, Germany +49 221 8300009Hari Om Hindu Temple* Rathausmarkt 36179 Kassel Debra Germany +49-176-62136662Afghan Hindu/Sikh Verein Baden Wurttemberg e.V.* Afghan Sikh Gurdwara Beim Herzogenberg 31 70329 Stuttgart, GermanyHindu Tempel und Afghanischer Hindus Gemeinde e.V.* Billstraße 77 20539 Hamburg, Germany +49-40-780 792 92Gurdwara Singh Sabha Karte Parwan Kabul, Afghanistan +93-70 606 3236Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar (Afghan Sikh Community Center) 11 Broadway Hicksville, NY 11801, U.S.A. +1-516-933-4878Gurudwara Guru Nanak Niwas Brennerstr 27 20099 Hamburg, Germany +49-40-28003883Hindu Sikh Kulturverein e.V.* Gurudwara Guru Nanak Niwas Borsigallee 6 60388 Frankfurt am Main, Germany +49 178 5920391Gurudwara Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib Bisschoppenhoflaan 638 2100 Antwerpen Belgium +32 499 92 27 24Gurdwara Nanak Darbar Afghan Ekta Cultural Religious Community Center 66-75 King Street South Hall, United KingdomKultureller Verein Afghanischer Hindus in Deutschland e.V.* AsaMai Hindu Temple Burggrafen str. 10 45139 Essen, Germany +49 1522 9448250Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev Ji New Mahavir Nagar Tilak Nagar New Delhi 110018 India +91-98111-41424Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar Plesmanweg 400 1945 WV Beverwijk, NetherlandsGurudwara Guru Har Rai Sahib 58 Lower Marsh Lane Kingston upon Thames KT1 3BJ , UK +44 7828 930760Khalsa Diwan Afghanistan Hunslow Business Park Hounslow TW3 3UD, United Kingdom +44 20 8577 8773Guru Hargobind Sahib Trust Afghan Sikh Society Unit 4 Swallowfield Hayes, Middlesex, UK UB31DQ +44-2034176150Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Afghan Sikh Community Perfektstrabe, 81 Wien Vienna, AustriaGurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar Kabuli Gurdwara Manohar Nagar, New Delhi India
*Represented by Zentralrat der afghanischer Hindus und Sikhs e.V, Salzschlirfer str 12, 60386 Frankfurt, Germany
80 East Barclay Street, Hicksville, New York 11801 – U.S.A.
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