: Provide shelter to all Afghans, don’t discriminate on religious grounds: Eminent citizens to Centre #IndiaNEWS A group of writers, activists and former bureaucrats on Wednesday urged the Indian government

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Provide shelter to all Afghans, don’t discriminate on religious grounds: Eminent citizens to Centre #IndiaNEWS
A group of writers, activists and former bureaucrats on Wednesday urged the Indian government to provide shelter to all Afghan citizens who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country.“There should be no discrimination on grounds of religion in providing shelter to Afghans who have been forced to leave their country,� the group, under the banner “Indian Friends of Afghanistan�, said. Thousands of Afghan citizens are desperately trying to escape the country after the Taliban’s return to power on August 15. But the Indian government has said it will help members of the Hindu and Sikh communities from Afghanistan who want to come to India. The 11 signatories included former Union ministers Natwar Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Indian Police Service officer Julio Ribeiro, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung and experts on Afghan affairs.The statement also added that India should permit temporary stay to Afghan journalists, artists and civil society leaders who feel threatened by the conditions in Afghanistan. This was in purported reference to India’s deportation of an Afghan MP on August 20. The MP, who held a diplomatic passport that allows visa-free travel under an arrangement with the government of India, had flown from Istanbul to Delhi. Rangina Kargar said that...Read more

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