Afghan Sikhs

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:burialPractice cremation
gptkbp:country gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:India
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discrimination property confiscation
social exclusion
forced to wear yellow patches during Taliban rule
gptkbp:emigration_reason gptkb:war
persecution
Taliban rule
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Gurpurab
gptkb:Vaisakhi
gptkbp:historicalPresence since at least the 15th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Afghan Sikhs
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Punjabi
Dari
Pashto
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Awtar_Singh_Khalsa
gptkb:Narender_Singh_Khalsa
gptkb:Gurnam_Singh
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Ghazni
Jalalabad
Kabul
Kandahar
gptkbp:minorityStatus religious minority in Afghanistan
gptkbp:notable_gurdwara gptkb:Gurdwara_Guru_Nanak_Darbar
gptkb:Gurdwara_Baba_Sri_Chand
gptkb:Gurdwara_Karte_Parwan
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:2020_Kabul_gurdwara_attack
gptkbp:notableMigration mass exodus after 1992
mass exodus after 2021 Taliban takeover
gptkbp:persecutedBy Taliban era
post-2001 Afghanistan
gptkbp:population less than 200 (as of 2022)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Sikhs
gptkb:Punjabi_Sikhs
gptkb:Afghan_Hindus
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Sikhism
gptkbp:represents reserved seat in Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga, until 2021)
gptkbp:traditionalDress gptkb:silk
salwar kameez
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation gptkb:merchant
moneylenders
herbalists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Devi_Shakti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7