Some gunmen have killed 25 people in a Sikh temple in Afghanistan on 25 March 2020.

A tweet by the Ministry of Interior Affairs confirms that 25 people were killed in a Sikh temple in Afghanistan.

A tweet by the Ministry of Interior Affairs confirms that 25 people were killed in a Sikh temple in Afghanistan.The United Nations News report on 26 March 2020, had stated that while Sikh worshipers gathered for morning prayers the Islamic State militants attacked the temple and killed 25 people, including a child.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs stated that the gunmen attacked a religious gathering of Afghanistan’s minority Sikhs and killed 25 people in Kabul on 25 March 2020. The Ministry strongly condemned the terrorist attack and stated these attacks demonstrated an extreme level of atrocities by terrorists against innocent civilians.

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