Sikhism in Afghanistan

Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital on June 18, lobbing at least one grenade and wounding two people, the interior ministry and witnesses said.

While the number of bombings has dropped across the country since the Taliban seized power in August, several fatal attacks have rocked the country in recent months.

Turkey on March 25 condemned a terrorist attack that killed a least 25 Sikh worshipers in Afghanistan.

"We are saddened to hear about this morning's terrorist attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that resulted in loss of many lives," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on March 25, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said.

A lone ISIL  gunman rampaged through a Sikh house of worship in the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 25, killing 25 worshippers and wounding eight, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said.

BBC - A suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad has killed at least 19 people, most of them members of the country's Sikh minority.

Police said they had been travelling in a vehicle to meet President Ashraf Ghani, who is visiting Nangarhar province, when the bomber struck.