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Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan

by Associated Press
| September 27, 2020 1:30 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of as many as 250,000 members now counts fewer than 700.

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