Marking the first anniversary of the attack on a gurudwara in Afghanistan that killed 25 Afghan Sikhs, United Sikhs, a United Nations-affiliated NGO on Monday paid tributes to those who died in the attack and honoured their surviving families.
The Guru Har바카라 웹사이트Rai Sahib Gurudwara in Kabul was attacked on March 25 last year. The terror attack in which the gunmen opened fire, left 25 people dead.
After the attack, many Sikh families fled to India and are now struggling to make ends meet.
India has shown support, however, the process to rehabilitate the families is taking time. Meanwhile, United Sikhs has been providing financial and medical assistance to the distressed families who had fled to India.
The NGO is providing a sum of Rs 15,000 per month to the families who are now residing in Delhi.
Parvinder Singh Nanda,바카라 웹사이트director,바카라 웹사이트United Sikhs바카라 웹사이트said바카라 웹사이트they had been working바카라 웹사이트hard to support these families, as it was difficult for them바카라 웹사이트to sustain themselves on their own. “To even get medical바카라 웹사이트treatment, they require money and some ID proof. We바카라 웹사이트have helped them get passports and also provided them바카라 웹사이트free medical assistance through the Delhi government.바카라 웹사이트The next step is to seek assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for바카라 웹사이트refugees, the process for바카라 웹사이트which is under way,” he added.
Chaibul Singh,바카라 웹사이트25, was in Ghazni in Afghanistan on바카라 웹사이트March 25, last year바카라 웹사이트when he got a call from a family member informing him바카라 웹사이트about the attack on gurudwara.바카라 웹사이트Chaibul라이브 바카라 childhood friend and his바카라 웹사이트uncle were among killed.
In바카라 웹사이트September 2020, Chaibul came to India on an바카라 웹사이트emergency flight with eight바카라 웹사이트other family members. They바카라 웹사이트are yet to be officially classified as refugees or citizens바카라 웹사이트of India. They have no Aadhaar cards, which makes it difficult for them to find a job.바카라 웹사이트
“That one incident changed our lives. While we had바카라 웹사이트shops and homes there, we바카라 웹사이트had to leave everything behind. Now, I work here for Rs 8000 and my younger brother바카라 웹사이트does a menial job earning Rs바카라 웹사이트7000 a month. Lack of documentation and difficulty in speaking Hindi also works바카라 웹사이트against us. We used to speak바카라 웹사이트Pashto or Punjabi in Afghanistan. People find it difficult바카라 웹사이트to understand my Punjabi바카라 웹사이트dialect here," added Chaibul.바카라 웹사이트
Chaibul has been receiving aid from United Sikhs.
39-year-old Surbeer Singh of Ghajini, Afghanistan, who was a widely-respected religious leader in Afghanistan, also fled to India. He says, “The Indian government바카라 웹사이트has helped us to a large extent. They brought us to the country through emergency바카라 웹사이트flights. I know of at least 87바카라 웹사이트families who came to India,바카라 웹사이트along with mine. We don’t need Aadhaar cards.”
Recalling the attack Singh says, “I cannot get out of바카라 웹사이트my mind the image of the바카라 웹사이트three-year-old girl who was바카라 웹사이트killed in the massacre. There바카라 웹사이트were children, elderly people바카라 웹사이트and women in the Gurdwara바카라 웹사이트that day. The attack left바카라 웹사이트people in shock. While we never바카라 웹사이트feared anything earlier,바카라 웹사이트this incident changed that and we started looking at바카라 웹사이트other options.”
