Kabul Attack: India grants e-visas to over 100 Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan on priority

Kabul, 19/6:In the wake of the attack on a gurudwara in Kabul, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan on priority, news agency ANI reported. India strongly condemned the “cowardly attack” on the Sikh place of worship.

 

 

“Our first and foremost concern is for the welfare of the community,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said.

 

Several blasts tore through a gurdwara in Kabul on Saturday, killing two persons, including a Sikh, and injuring seven others, while Afghan security personnel thwarted a bigger tragedy by stopping an explosive-laden vehicle from reaching the place of worship of the minority community in the war-torn country