Tag: Afghan refugees
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Afghan Sikh MP cries on landing in Delhi
“Everything is gone,” says Narender Singh Khalsa who was among Hindus and Sikhs evacuated by an Indian Air Force plane from Kabul on Sunday Agencies NEW DELHI: Afghan Sikh MP Narender Singh Khalsa, who was among those evacuated from Kabul by Indian Air Force on Sunday, broke down after landing here. Fighting back his tears…
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Afghan Sikh-Hindu refugee families welcomed in Canada
Afghan Sikh Hindu refugee families received by defence minister Harjit Sajjan at Calgary airport The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: Two privately sponsored Afghan Sikh Hindu refugee families from Kabul arrived in Canada on Tuesday. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was among those who welcomed these families at Calgary airport. “The late Manmeet S. Bhullar’s vision became a…
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Canada should accept Afghan Sikhs, Hindus as refugees, says CIF
TORONTO: Condemning the killing of 19 Sikhs by a suicide bomber in Jalalabad in Afghanistan on July 1, the Canada India Foundation (CIF) has urged Ottawa to accept Sikh and Hindu minority communities from Afghanistan and Pakistan as refugees into Canada. In a statement, CIF chairman Ajit Someshwar said, “This dastardly act is yet another…