Following the targeted assault on Sikh Gurudwara in the capital Kabul metropolis, the Indian authorities has granted e-visas to extra than 100 Sikhs and Hindus living in Afghanistan on precedence basis, in step with reports.
The decision changed into taken on Saturday unhurried at night time after the assault on Karte Parwan Gurdwara by the Islamic Tell terrorist neighborhood.
Two persons had been killed and seven injured in the Saturday assault in the Bagh-e-Bala neighbourhood. The assault will non-public changed into out to be a bigger tragedy if it weren’t for the security forces who efficiently stopped an explosive-weighted down automobile from reaching the shrine in the war-torn nation.
A minimal of 30 folks had been all over the gurdwara when it changed into attacked early in the morning
Amongst the ineffective include a Sikh man in the gurdwara and a soldier from the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate Military in the crossfire.
The three attackers had been later killed by the Taliban forces, the Pajhwok recordsdata agency reported.
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Assailants belonging to ISIS Khorasan claimed accountability for the lethal assault.
“First the gunmen threw a hand grenade which brought about a fire advance the gate of the gurdwara,” the Associated Press quoted the Interior Ministry spokesman as asserting.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the “barbaric” terrorist assault and mentioned he changed into praying for the security and successfully-being of the devotees.
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“Vexed by the cowardly terrorist assault against the Karte Parwan Gurudwara in Kabul. I condemn this barbaric assault, and pray for the security and successfully-being of the devotees,” he tweeted.
Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar furthermore strongly condemned the “cowardly assault” on the gurdwara and mentioned the authorities changed into closely monitoring the sphere following the incident.
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