2 together with Sikh devotee killed in terror assault on Kabul Gurdwara: Report | World News

No less than two folks had been killed and 7 injured in a terror assault on a Sikh gurdwara in Kabul, Reuters reported. The assault passed off after a blast in an explosive-laden automotive. 

Afghan broadcaster Tolo information reported about smoke billowing over the world. A Taliban spokesperson stated the attackers had laden a automotive with explosives but it surely had detonated earlier than reaching its goal. Taliban authorities stated the world was being secured. 

“There have been round 30 folks contained in the temple. We do not know what number of of them are alive or what number of lifeless,” Gornam Singh, a gurdwara official instructed Reuters, including they weren't allowed contained in the shrine by Taliban. 

The spokesperson for Kabul commander stated the forces had taken management of the world and cleared it. A Sikh worshipper and one Taliban fighter was killed through the operation. 

Sikhs are a tiny non secular minority in largely Muslim Afghanistan, comprising about 300 households earlier than the nation fell to the Taliban. However many left afterwards, say members of the group and media.

Like different non secular minorities, Sikhs have been a continuous goal of violence in Afghanistan. An assault at one other temple in Kabul in 2020 that killed 25 was claimed by Islamic State.

India has condemned the phobia assault on the Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul. Exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar tweeted, "The cowardly assault on Gurudwara Karte Parwan must be condemned within the strongest phrases by all. We now have been intently monitoring developments because the information of the assault was acquired. Our firstly concern is for the welfare of the group."

(With Reuters inputs)