Representatives of Afghanistan’s Sik community have reacted to the statements made by the Taliban’s Minister of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Harbans Singh, a representative of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan, deemed the recent remarks by Khalid Hanafi, the Minister of Promotion of Virtue of the Taliban, as offensive and expressed concerns about the religious minorities. The representative of Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan residing in the UK, stated that the statements by the Taliban’s Minister of Promotion of Virtue on the eve of Vaisakhi, have caused serious concerns among the minorities. Khalid Hanafi had previously stated
