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Afghanistan: two injured in the attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul

2022-06-18T06:58:18.534Z


A group of armed men attacked a Sikh temple in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, with grenades on Saturday morning, injuring at least two people,...


A group of armed men attacked a Sikh temple in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, with grenades on Saturday morning, injuring at least two people, we learned from witnesses and the Ministry of the Interior.

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"I heard gunshots and explosions coming from the (Sikh temple),"

Gurnam Singh, a leader of the Sikh community in Kabul, told AFP.

Two members of the Sikh community were injured in the explosion of a grenade thrown by the attackers, according to the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, Abdul Nafi Takor.

A few minutes later, a car bomb exploded near the temple, causing no casualties, the spokesperson added.

About 200 Sikhs live in Afghanistan, up from about half a million in the 1970s.

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