Kabul’s Gurdwara Kartae Parwan president Gurnam Singh told TOI over phone that last rites of 25 victims of Wed... Read More
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AMRITSAR: Mortal remains of 25 Sikhs , including elderly persons, young children and women, were consigned to flames in a crematorium in Kabul on Thursday even as another bomb explosion rocked the cremation site. But no causality reported so far.Kabul’s Gurdwara Kartae Parwan president Gurnam Singh told TOI over phone that last rites of 25 victims of Wednesday’s bomb attack on Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib were performed.Sources in Kabul said the Thursday blast occurred just as the grieving Sikh families were going home after the cremation.Indian embassy in Kabul tweeted that ambassador Vinay Kumar visited the gurdwara and met the community leaders, elders and families of the victims of terrorist attack.A large number of Sikhs from other cities and towns of Afghanistan, prominently among them from Jalalabad , had converged at the cremation ground in Kabul to pay their last respects to the departed souls.Staring that everyone in the community was grieving, Gurnam said this was the fourth attack on the Sikh community in a months’s time. Earlier, he informed that two Sikhs were killed in their shops while a Sikh women was killed in her house. “This was a massive and unexpected attack on the community. Presently, no one is in a position to think why they are being targeted as everyone is grieving,” said Gurnam.Sources in Kabul said the community felt isolated and scared. “They are uncertain about their future in Afghanistan and don’t know how to deal with the situation “ said sources.Meanwhile, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Satwant Singh said he had urged the Pakistan government to give asylum to Sikhs living in Afghanistan.
Le temple hindou sikh Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib a été attaqué mercredi matin 25 mars, dans la capitale afghane de . Selon l'organisme américain de surveillance des mouvements extrémistes SITE,  (État islamique) a revendiqué l'attentat. 

Vers 7h45 heure locale, plusieurs hommes armés (selon quelques sources, il ne s'agit que d'un seul assaillant) sont entrés dans le temple où il y avait à ce moment-là environ 150 personnes pour la prière. Les assaillants ont ouvert le feu et pris les fidèles en otage. Après un combat de six heures avec les forces de sécurité, tous les assaillants ont été tués. Au moins 80 otages étaient libérés.

Le ministère de la Santé afghane parle de 25 morts et 15 blessés, selon les dernières informations. Au moins un enfant serait parmi les morts.

Les 25 victimes ont été incinérées ce jeudi. Lors de la crémation, une bombe a explosé.