Tillya Tepe or Golden Hill
Tillya Tepe or Golden Hill is an archaeological site located in north-eastern suburb of Shibrghan, the capital city of Jawzjan a Northern Province of… Read More »Tillya Tepe or Golden Hill
The Londoner or the Bamyan Town Crier
Town Crier (or Jaar-chi in Dari) is a person who makes public announcements in the streets. The history of announcers goes back to ancient China… Read More »The Londoner or the Bamyan Town Crier
A Woman’s Story
In a quiet area of Kabul’s third district, we walked into a dusty and polluted sub-street looking for the address we already had been given… Read More »A Woman’s Story
Second Sikhs-Muslim Cultural Dialogue
Breaking trust and cutting inter-community connections are among the worst outcomes of war and instability, which might lead to chaos and social catastrophes; initiating cultural dialogues and cultural exchange are efficient tools in rebuilding trust and reviving connections among communities.
Not centuries but just few decades ago, before the war, a huge number of Sikhs and Hindus were living in Afghanistan. They were forming around one to three percent of Afghanistan’s total population living in different cities including the capital Kabul and Jalalabad, Ghazni, Herat, Mazar, Kandahar and Lashergaah. But now the situation changed dramatically especially for religious and ethnical minorities such as Sikhs and Hindus. For those things went so bad and forced them to emigrate out of Afghanistan.
For centuries, Sikhs and Muslims were living quite peacefully together in Nangarhar. They shared joys and were helping each other in good and bad situations, they were trusted and friendly neighbors.Read More »Second Sikhs-Muslim Cultural Dialogue
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