"Thank God It Wasn't Yesterday": 160 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus Escape Kabul Blasts

The group is now safe inside a Gurdwara, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Manjinder Singh Sirsa today said.

Around 160 Sikh and Hindu citizens of Afghanistan may have narrowly escaped today's twin blasts near the Kabul airport that killed several people. These members of the war-ravaged country's minority communities have now taken refuge inside a Gurdwara, informed people have said. All the minorities who have taken refuge in Gurdwara Karte Parwan are safe#Kabulairport#KabulBlast@thetribunechd@republic@punjabkesari@indiatvnews@ANI@PTI_Newshttps://t.co/2gSdBg50x8 Around 145 Afghan Sikhs and 15 Hindus were at the spot last night hours before the blasts at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan's capital. They were looking to make their way out of the country following the takeover last week by the Taliban. However, the group returned earlier today, sources said. Suspected suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of the airport with at least two explosions this evening, causing a bloodbath among desperate civilians hoping to flee.