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Blast at Sikh Temple in Kabul; many injured
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Blast at Sikh Temple in Kabul; many injured

The attack on a temple of Afghanistan's tiny Sikh network has left one worshiper and a Taliban member dead as well as the unidentified attackers. Sikh temple in Afghan capital Kabul hit via bomb early morning whilst as many as 30 people have been inside. It is the ultimate remaining Sikh temple in Kabul. Community leaders currently expected that simply 140 Sikhs remained within the predominantly Muslim Afghanistan, down from 100,000 in the 1970s.India, home to the maximum of the world's Sikh population, stated it became "deeply concerned" at the news of assault. A local reputable, Gornam Singh, advised news sources that Taliban have been not permitting Sikhs to go inside after assault. TV pictures confirmed gray plumes of smoke growing from the region.Taliban spokesman informed that the a...