Bucking A Trend, Afghan Hindu and Sikh Families Return From India Exile May 27, 2021 Share share Print Most members of Afghanistan’s tiny Hindu and Sikh minority fled to India after devastating terrorist attacks killed and maimed scores of community members in recent years. But in a hopeful sign, some have returned to Kabul this month from exile in New Delhi, where many faced myriad problems amid a devastating wave of the coronavirus pandemic. “We were facing many problems. We didn’t had access to a doctor or medicines and had to pay our house rent,” Sandeep Singh, 25, told Radio Free Afghanistan. “Finding work was difficult because as refugees we had to obtain visas and were required to register with the police.”