Attack on Sikh temple in Afghan capital Kabul wounds 2 -officials

KABUL: At the very least two folks had been wounded in an assault on a Sikh temple within the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday morning, officers mentioned.
“There have been round 30 folks contained in the temple. We don’t know what number of of them are alive or what number of lifeless. The Taliban aren’t permitting us to go inside, we don’t know what to do,” the temple official, Gornam Singh, instructed Reuters. A Taliban inside spokesman mentioned two had been injured after attackers tried to drive a automotive laden with explosives into the world. The automobile detonated earlier than reaching its goal, and Taliban authorities had been securing the positioning, he mentioned.
It was not instantly clear who was behind the blast.
Native broadcaster Tolo aired footage exhibiting heavy gray fumes of smoke rising from the world.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say they’ve secured the nation since taking energy in August, however worldwide officers and analysts say the chance of a resurgence in militancy stays. A number of assaults have taken place in latest months, with some claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
Sikhs are a tiny spiritual minority in largely Muslim Afghanistan, comprising round 300 relations earlier than the autumn of the nation to the Taliban. Many had left the nation within the wake of the takeover, in response to neighborhood members and media experiences.
The Sikh neighborhood, like different spiritual minorities, has been the continuous goal of violence in Afghanistan. An assault claimed by the Islamic State at one other temple in Kabul in 2020 killed 25.
India’s overseas ministry was “deeply involved” about experiences of the assault. “We’re carefully monitoring the state of affairs and ready for additional particulars on the unfolding developments,” overseas ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi mentioned in a press release.
Saturday’s explosion follows a blast on Friday within the northern metropolis of Kunduz at a mosque that killed one and injured two, in response to authorities.