{"id":86945,"date":"2022-06-19T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T07:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=86945"},"modified":"2022-06-19T12:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T07:25:24","slug":"afghanistan-attack-india-grants-e-visas-to-over-100-sikhs-and-hindus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/afghanistan-attack-india-grants-e-visas-to-over-100-sikhs-and-hindus\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan attack: India grants e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANI reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan as a result of the attack on a gurudwara in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India strongly condemned the &#8220;cowardly attack&#8221; on the Sikh temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Our first and foremost concern is the welfare of the community,&#8221; said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A blast tore through a gurdwara in Kabul on Saturday, killing two people, including a Sikh, and injuring seven others. Afghan security personnel prevented an even bigger tragedy by stopping an explosive-laden vehicle from reaching the place of worship for the minority community in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest attack on a place of worship of the Sikh community in Afghanistan, Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul&#8217;s Bagh-e Bala neighborhood was attacked early Saturday morning, resulting in a gun battle lasting several hours between the terrorists and Taliban fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three attackers were killed by the Taliban forces, the Pajhwok news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANI reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan as a result of the attack on a gurudwara in Kabul. India strongly condemned the &#8220;cowardly attack&#8221; on the Sikh temple. &#8220;Our first and foremost concern is the welfare of the community,&#8221; said External Affairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[356,355],"class_list":["post-86945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-international-news","tag-kabul-2","tag-visaissue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86947,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86945\/revisions\/86947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}