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By Sanjoy Majumder BBC News Online correspondent in Kabul |
The Sikhs were first brought to Afghanistan by the British in the 19th century and once dominated the Afghan economy.
Sikhs and Hindus share the Dharamsal temple
But since then they have seen their fortunes fade, especially during the civil war in the 1990s which was followed by the rule of the Taleban.
Several thousand Sikhs, who are mostly Pashto-speaking Afghan nationals, reside in the Afghan capital Kabul and the cities of Jalalabad, Ghazni and the former Taleban stronghold of Kandahar.