by porseshresearch | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
In reviewing Afghanistan’s constitutions and legal systems, it is apparent that these laws are based on the exclusion and a harsh differentiation that relegates non-Muslims to the role of second class citizens. Though Afghanistan committed to the realization of...
by porseshresearch | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sikh and Hindu communities have lived in Afghanistan for centuries, but presently they constitute only a tiny fraction of the country’s population. As of the time of writing, approximately 300 Sikhs and Hindus remain in Afghanistan, with most concentrated in Kabul and...
by porseshresearch | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Civil Society in Afghanistan played a vital part in creating free and open space for exercising fundamental rights to association, participation, communication, and free expression of views. CSOs and NGOs provided platform for a free dialogue between diverse actors,...
by porseshresearch | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
In 1992, Afghan Singh (a pseudonym) was one member of the significant Hindus and Sikhs community in Kabul’s Kart-e Parwan area who lived a harmonious life and ran successful businesses. Back then, each family in this community possessed two-three vehicles, a...
by porseshresearch | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
The exodus of the Afghan Hindus and Sikhs hastened with every regime change in Afghanistan. From the high of 220,000 before 1992, their numbers were reduced to merely 65 individuals in 2021. Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the start of war...
by Karimi | Mar 2, 2019 | reports, research, Uncategorized
In the past half a century, the loss of Afghanistan cultural heritage has been one of the most severe repercussions of the war for the country. The vulnerable nation state repeatedly fell prey to war, which has been detrimental to the country’s cultural heritage. At a...
