for the security. it s their right under an islamic state to be protected. only a handful of sikhs remain in this country, and they, too, are desperate to leave. those of us who are still here are only here because we haven t got visas. none of us want to stay, satvir tells me. our message to the indian government is give us visas. this has happened today. tomorrow, it will happen again. levels of violence may have fallen significantly since the taliban ended their insurgency, but for afghanistan s last remaining sikhs, this attack seems a final push to leave a country they have long called home. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. it s only the start of summer in europe, but several countries are already facing an unprecedented heatwave, earlier than usual, as a wave of hot air has moved
are only here because we haven t got visas, none of us want to stay, satvir tells me. our message to the indian government is give us visas. this has happened today. tomorrow, it will happen again. levels of violence may have fallen significantly since the taliban ended their insurgency but for afghanistan s last remaining sikhs, this attack seems a final push to leave a country they have long called home. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. jason campbell worked on afghanistan policy for the us department of defense in the trump adminstration. jason you re now with the think tank the rand corporation in washington. we hear that there are now so few sikhs left in afghanistan and they want to leave, what kind of dangers
of a nearby check post. they were once tens of thousands of sikhs in afghanistan. decades of conflict sort that number fall drastically. in recent years, the community was targeted on two occasions by the islamic state group. it is likely they are responsible for this latest attack, too. is is much less powerful than the taliban but has deadly cells. a lot of religious minorities don t feel safe in afghanistan at the moment. translation: our comrades have sacrificed their lives for the security. it is their right under islamic state to be protected. only a handful of sikhs remain in this country, and they too are desperate to leave. those of us who are still here are only here because we haven t got visas, none of us want to stay, satvir tells me.
are only here because we haven t got visas, none of us want to stay, satvir tells me. our message to the indian government is give us visas. this has happened today. tomorrow, it will happen again. levels of violence may have fallen significantly since the taliban ended their insurgency but for afghanistan s last remaining sikhs, this attack seems a final push to leave a country they have long called home. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. a short time ago i spoke to jason campbell, a policy researcher with the think tank the rand corporation, who previously worked on afghanistan policy for the us department of defense in the trump adminstration. i began by asking him what kind of dangers the sikh community is facing. the sikh community along with many other religious and ethnic