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Armed gunmen storm Kabul Gurdwara, casualties suspected

Armed gunmen storm Kabul Gurdwara, casualties suspected

A group of unidentified gunmen stormed a gurdwara in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, and opened fire. Gurnam Singh, the president of the Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita Guru Gobind Singh Karte Parwan, confirmed the attack to The Indian Express. “Gunmen have opened fire in the gurdwara. We are on the other side of the building right now. Some people are suspected to be dead, but details will be clear only…

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Several Sikhs feared dead in Gurudwara terror attack in Kabul (Ld)

Several members of the Sikh community were feared to have been killed in a terror attack on a Gurudwara in central Kabul on Wednesday.

Sources said Afghan security forces were engaged in a gun battle with terrorists who stormed Gurudwara in the Shorbazar area Wednesday morning. Around 150 people were worshipping in the Gurudwara at the time of the attack.

However, the security forces, sources said, rescued some worshippers from the Gurudwara. The Sikhs constitute a minuscule minority in Afghanistan.

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Stop Doing This In Kabul

Stop Doing This In Kabul

BEST ACCOMMODATION DEALS IN KABUL HERE GET TO KNOW THE CITY Kabul is the capital and largest city in Afghanistan. It has a population of around 4.6 million people and is divided into 22 districts. Its rapid urbanization makes it the world’s 75th largest city. Kabul is located in a valley between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Kabul River, making it one of the world’s highest capital cities.…

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मंत्री हरदीप पुरी ने काबुल गुरुद्वारा हमले में मारे गए सिख व्यक्ति के परिवार से मुलाकात की

मंत्री हरदीप पुरी ने काबुल गुरुद्वारा हमले में मारे गए सिख व्यक्ति के परिवार से मुलाकात की

अफगान अल्पसंख्यक नेताओं ने हरदीप सिंह पुरी को ‘सिरोपा’ से सम्मानित किया। नई दिल्ली: केंद्रीय मंत्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी ने सोमवार को प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का पत्र भारत में रहने वाले अफगान सिख समुदाय के सदस्यों को दिया, क्योंकि उन्होंने इस्लामिक स्टेट – खुरासान प्रांत (ISKP) पर हमले के बाद मारे गए एक सिख व्यक्ति सविंदर सिंह के अंतिम संस्कार में भाग लिया था। अफगानिस्तान के काबुल शहर में करता परवन…

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अफगानिस्तान गुरुद्वारा हमलें की जाँच करने काबुल पहुंची NIA टीम

नई दिल्ली: एनआईए के चार अधिकारी अपनी टीम के साथ अफगानिस्तान की राजधानी काबुल स्थित गुरुद्वारे पर हुए आतंकी हमले की जांच के लिए काबुल पहुंच गए हैं. ऐसा पहली बार हो रहा है कि किसी विदेशी धरती पर एनआईए की टीम जांच करने के लिए पहुंची है. एनआईए इससे पहले सिर्फ भारत की धरती पर हुए आतंकी हमलों की जांच करती आई है, लेकिन एनआईए कानून में संशोधन के बाद एनआईए अब देश के बाहर किसी भी ऐसे मामले की जांच करने के लिए अधिकार-युक्त है जिसमें किसी भारतीय या भारत का हित प्रभावित हुआ हो.

बता दें कि काबुल के गुरुद्वारा में 25 मार्च 2020 को बड़ा आतंकी हमला हुआ था जिसमें भारतीय नागरिक सहित 27 लोगों की मौत हुई थी. एनआईए ने इस मामले में 1 अप्रैल 2020 को केस दर्ज किया था जो विदेश में एनआईए द्वारा जांच किया जाने वाला पहला मामला है. 25 मार्च को हुए हमले की जिम्मेदारी आतंकवादी समूह इस्लामिक स्टेट खोरसान प्रोविंस ने ली थी. अफगानिस्तान की राजधानी काबुल में मौजूद गुरुद्वारे में घुसकर भारी हथियारों से लैस आत्मघाती हमलावर ने गोलीबारी की थी. इस हमले में 27 लोगों की मौत हो गई वहीं आठ लोग घायल हुए थे.

आईएस ने इस हमले की जिम्मेदारी ली थी. हालांकि बाद में अफगान विशेष बलों ने हमलावार को मार गिराया था. एनआईए सूत्रों के मुताबिक केरल के कासरगोड के पास के छोटे से शहर त्रिकारपुर में जन्मा, मुहसिन अफ़गानिस्तान में आतंकवादियों के एक समूह का हिस्सा था. शक है कि मुहसिन काबुल गुरुद्वारे पर हमले में शामिल था. सूत्रों ने बताया है कि शुरुआती दौर में आईएएसकेपी का आतंकी मुहसिन कुआलालंपुर, मलेशिया में अपने रिश्तेदारों के एक छोटे से होटल में काम करने के लिए केरल से गया था, बाद में उसने दुबई में नौकरी की और यहीं से 2018 में नंगरहार अफगानिस्तान के समूह में शामिल होने के लिए गया था.

प्रयागराज : बाहुबली पूर्व सांसद की आज दो सम्पत्तियों की होगी कुर्की

एनआईए की टीम अब काबुल पहुंच चुकी है. यहां पर एनआईए की टीम एक तो गुरुद्वारा हमले की इन्वेस्टीगेशन करेगी क्योंकि इस मामले में एनआईए ने एफआईआर दर्ज की है, साथ ही आईएसकेपी के पूरे लिंक को भी खंगालेगी. एनआईए ने जो इस मामले में केस दर्ज किया है उसमें आईपीसी की धारा 120 बी, 125 लगाई है. साथ ही नए यूएपीए कानून की महत्वपूर्ण धारा 16,18,20 और 38 लगाई गई है. एनआईए सूत्रों के मुताबिक कर्नाटक, केरल, हैदराबाद, दिल्ली और उत्तर प्रदेश में हाल ही में जिस तरीके से आईएसकेपी के कई आतंकी पकड़े गए हैं उनका लिंक साइबर स्पेस में एक दूसरे से किसी न किसी रूप में रहा है. एनआईए की टीम काबुल जाकर अफगानिस्तान की जांच एजेंसी से कई इनपुट्स तो निकालेगी ही, साथ ही अफगानिस्तान के नंगरहार का आईएसकेपी कनेक्शन की भी पूरी पड़ताल करेगी.

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Rebuilding faith for displaced Sikh and Hindu Afghan families

Rebuilding faith for displaced Sikh and Hindu Afghan families

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A home is not just a physical place made of bricks and mortar; it is an eco-system cultivated with love. But when the very place that once was a refuge turns hostile, where does one go? The Afghan Sikh and Hindu families found themselves in a similar situation when radicals attacked a gurudwara in Kabul on March 25. In a bid to safely evacuate them and bring them to India, Vikramjit…

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Afghanistan NDS arrest two aides of Kabul Gurudwara attack mastermind Aslam Farooqui | World News

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New Delhi: The special forces of National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan has arrested two aides of Islamic State Khorasan Province chief Aslam Farooqui, the mastermind of Kabul Gurudwara attack. The accused have been identified as Tanweer, a Bangladeshi national and Ali Mohammad, a Pakistani citinzen. 

According to NDS, Tanweer is a finance expert while Ali Mohammad is a…

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ISIS Terrorist Arrested For Afghan Gurdwara Attack That Killed 27 Sikhs

27 Sikhs were killed in an attack on a gurudwara in Kabul last month

New Delhi:

Ten days after an assault on a gurdwara in Afghanistan’s Kabul killed 27 Sikhs, intelligence agencies have claimed the arrest of Mawlawi Abdullah, a.k.a Islam Farooqui, a Pakistani national, and four of his associates in connection with the attack.

“Afghan agencies have confirmed that Farooqui has been arrested,…

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#Afganistan : #Kids being #evacuated while #Gurudwara was attacked in #Kabul today...Intent was to #attack the #Indian Mission...Gurudwara was targeted when they cud not attack the Mission.. (at Kabul, Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-JnVNbnutK/?igshid=q6b6rh261k7r

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Stop Doing This In Kabul

Stop Doing This In Kabul

BEST ACCOMMODATION DEALS IN KABUL HERE GET TO KNOW THE CITY Kabul is the capital and largest city in Afghanistan. It has a population of around 4.6 million people and is divided into 22 districts. Its rapid urbanization makes it the world’s 75th largest city. Kabul is located in a valley between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Kabul River, making it one of the world’s highest capital cities.…

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What is the Islamic State of Khorasan Province?

As the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) losses ground in Syria and Iraq, its fighters have had to move to new arenas in the Middle East and North Africa. The disintegration of ISIL in Raqqa and Mosul, has also led to a dispersion of fighters to parts of South Asia and South East Asia. Indigenous groups that such as the Abu Sayyef Group in the Philippines or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in Bangladesh having initially claimed some form of affiliation to ISIL missions are now offering sanctuary to these fighters; in this way they have access to ISIL tactics, manpower and theological legitimacy. The other effect of this dispersion is the establishment of Asian ISIL “wilayats”, or provinces. One such province was established in Kashmir in 2018 as the Wilayat-e-Hind; and it was quickly engaged by the Indian Armed Forces, and the newly instituted Army Special Forces Operations Division (ASFOD) at the end of 2019. The other provincial ISIL outfit – that of Khorasan Province –  has morphed into its own individual entity, known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISK). 

ISK operates mainly in north eastern Afghanistan, and has logistical bases along the Durand Line, between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s namesake, Khorasan, is a historical region that spans eastern Iran, northern Afghanistan and western Pakistan, and is a cultural anchor for much of Persian history. According to some sources, the modern Persian language – Dari - finds its origins in its use by the people of Khorasan. 

ISK

Even though ISK did not have much of a promising start – the loss of 4 emirs, and a number of mid-high level lieutenants – owing to its hostilities towards all regional groups, Taliban and Al Qaeda included, its recent attack on a gurudwara in Kabul has brought it back into the spotlight. In the early days, ISK was highly dependent on ISIL, but the loss of Raqqa in 2017 and then Al-Baghdadi in 2019 left it isolated; free to operate on its own terms. These events similarly affected other ISIL wilayats in Central, South and South East Asia, but unlike the others, ISK is still a coherent, operational group and fields an estimated 2500-4500 fighters, recruited from local villages and groups such as Tareek-e-Taliban (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Janghvi Al-Aalami (LeJ-A). 

While the historical influence of Khorasan as a geopolitical entity is dominant in ISK’s thinking, the main reasons for its continued existence is the perceived occupation of Kashmir by India, and it’s recruitment cadre – educated youth and scholars from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh – is reflective of this perception. The other key perceived enemy is Russia, following its 2015 intervention in Syria. Even in the March, 2020 US-Russian Joint Statement  on Afghanistan ISK is regarded mutually, as an enemy to the future of Afghanistan. The defeat of the Wilayat-e-Hind in 2019, and the coordinated efforts of the US-led Coalition and the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Afghanistan signalled to the world that ISK would be soon, dead in the water. 

However, sustained terror attacks on checkpoints and outpost in Afghanistan – 6 in 2016, 18 in 2017, 24 in 2018 and at least 12 last year – and the disintegration of the ISIL caliphate in Syria and Iraq, has given more power to the legitimacy of the ISK, as more and more foreign fighters join its ranks. Other important events that solidified ISIL in Asia, were the 2017 battle for Marawi, in the Philippines and the 2019 Easter bomb-attack on a Sri Lankan church that killed 290. In 2017 a 5-month battle raged over the island of Mindanao, and was a result of ISIL affiliates, particularly the Abu Sayeef Group and Insilon Hapilon taking over the city. The terrorist attack on the Colombo church was carried out by National Tawheed Jama’at (NTJ) another well-known ISIL-affiliate. 

India and Pakistan

It would seem that ISK is not only a threat to India, but to Pakistan as well. While India was already involved in the fight against ISK in 2019, Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) had issued a warning that ISIL had begun planning attacks on political gatherings and party head-quarters in Pakistan’s major cities. But the establishment of the Wilayat-e-Pakistan in that same year, did not really garner a response from Pakistani authorities (in fact, the Wilayat was considered an afterthought, a face saving measure, to not seem only “anti-Indian”). 

More recently, the ongoing protests and riots over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) policy in India seems to have spurred further recruitment into ISK. The theological bent is so severe that the newsletter of the Kashmir-wing of the ISK –  “Sawt-ul-Hind” –has claimed that Indian Muslims are only different from their fellow Hindu or Christian citizens in name and nothing more.

Conclusion

South Asia is seeing a resurgence of insurgent/terror groups owing to the shifting tide in the Middle East. As ISIL loses ground in Syria-Iraq, its fighters have to move once more, just as they did from post-civil war Libya and Egypt in 2011. This time, these fighters are finding themselves in most South Asian countries and those in South East Asia, particularly Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. ISK may become the new stronghold, and it is imperative that American-led Coalition forces in Afghanistan begin coordinated strikes against ISK before they become a burden to the Asian community. 

Written by Siddharth Anil Nair. 

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India raises concerns over attacks on minorities in Afghanistan

India has raised concern over the rising number of attacks at religious places of the minority community in Afghanistan, including the recent attack at the Sikh Gurudwara on June 18 in Kabul.

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India's Ambassador to UN calls out Secy Gen’s report for ignoring anti-India activities

India’s Ambassador to UN calls out Secy Gen’s report for ignoring anti-India activities

After Karte Parwan Gurudwara was rocked by explosions in Kabul, on June 18, as well as on July 27, Ambassador of India to United Nations Ruchira Kamboj at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on August 9 raised concern over the incident. She further called out the Secretary General’s report for not taking note of such anti-India incidents. In the June 18 attack report, Islamic…

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Bomb explosion near Kabul Gurudwara month after IS attack

Bomb explosion near Kabul Gurudwara month after IS attack

KABUL: A bomb exploded near Karte Parwan Gurudwara in Kabul on Wednesday, a month after the holy place was attacked by members of the Islamic State. “Members of the Sikh and Hindu communities are reported to be safe. Further details are awaited,” said Puneet Singh Chandhok, President of the Indian World Forum. Last month, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) attacked the Gurudwara, which…

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Afghanistan rejects Pakistan's demand to handover mastermind of Kabul gurudwara attack Aslam Farooqui | World News

Afghanistan rejects Pakistan’s demand to handover mastermind of Kabul gurudwara attack Aslam Farooqui | World News

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Islamabad: Afghanistan on Saturday (April 11) turned down Pakistan’s demand to handover the chief of the Islamic State’s Khorasan unit, Aslam Farooqi, the mastermind behind a deadly terror attack on a prominent gurudwara in Kabul last month, according to a media report.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Thursday that the demand was conveyed to the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad.

A…