Deputy CM Randhawa condemns vandalism at Kabul Gurdwara by Taliban extremists
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawatoday condemned the vandalism in the historic Gurdwara Karte Parwan Sahib inKabul by the Taliban extremists, saying the Taliban had eventually shown theirtrue colours.
In a statement issued here today, he said, the worstfears have started coming true, as the Taliban have started showing their truecolours by way of complete intolerance towards the minorities leading to theirintimidation and destruction of their religious places.
The Deputy Chief Minister appealed to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to take up the matter at the United Nations level. He said, sinceIndia did not have any diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, the countryshould use the good offices of the UN and other international organisations toensure that the minorities and their religious places are not harmed there.
S.Randhawa also condemned Anas Haqani, the youngerbrother of the Afghanistan Interior Minister Sirajudin Haqani of the ‘HaqaniNetwork’ terror organization, for praising and glorifying Mahmud Ghaznavi forattacking and destroying the historic Somnath Temple in India.
“With such a parochial and puritanical mindset of theTaliban, it will be impossible for the minorities to survive in Afghanistan”,he observed, while adding that steps need to be taken to evacuate theminorities from that country and providing them shelter in India.