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”’Awtar Singh”’ or ”’Awtar Singh Khalsa”’ (1966 – 1 July 2018) was an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[politician]]. He was the [[Sikh]] representative to the [[Loya Jirga]] from [[Paktia Province]], the only non-Muslim representative there. His native tongue was [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/unveiling-afghanistan/awtar-singh-khalsa-they-g_b_5042997.html|title=Awtar Singh Khalsa: ‘They Gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a Place to Live’|first=Unveiling|last=Afghanistan|date=27 March 2014|website=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> He was in charge of the main Sikh temple ([[Gurdwara]]) in Kabul.<ref>{{cite web |title=Afghan Hindus, Sikhs see hope |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020610/world.htm |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |access-date=23 January 2023 |date=10 June 2002}}</ref> Singh was a member of the [[Mesherano Jirga]] (upper house) for a five-year term, beginning in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awtar Singh Khalsa: “They gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a place to live” |url=https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/afghanistan/15038-awtar-singh-khalsa-they-gave-the-hindus-and-sikhs-a-place-for-rubbish |website=[[FIDH]] |access-date=23 January 2023 |date=27 March 2014}}</ref> |
”’Awtar Singh”’ or ”’Awtar Singh Khalsa”’ (1966 – 1 July 2018) was an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[politician]]. He was the [[Sikh]] representative to the [[Loya Jirga]] from [[Paktia Province]], the only non-Muslim representative there. His native tongue was [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/unveiling-afghanistan/awtar-singh-khalsa-they-g_b_5042997.html|title=Awtar Singh Khalsa: ‘They Gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a Place to Live’|first=Unveiling|last=Afghanistan|date=27 March 2014|website=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> He was in charge of the main Sikh temple ([[Gurdwara]]) in Kabul.<ref>{{cite web |title=Afghan Hindus, Sikhs see hope |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020610/world.htm |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |access-date=23 January 2023 |date=10 June 2002}}</ref> Singh was a member of the [[Mesherano Jirga]] (upper house) for a five-year term, beginning in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awtar Singh Khalsa: “They gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a place to live” |url=https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/afghanistan/15038-awtar-singh-khalsa-they-gave-the-hindus-and-sikhs-a-place-for-rubbish |website=[[FIDH]] |access-date=23 January 2023 |date=27 March 2014}}</ref> |
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Afghan politician (1966–2018)
Awtar Singh or Awtar Singh Khalsa (1966 – 1 July 2018) was an Afghan politician. He was the Sikh representative to the Loya Jirga from Paktia Province, the only non-Muslim representative there. His native tongue was Punjabi.[1] He was in charge of the main Sikh temple (Gurdwara) in Kabul.[2] Singh was a member of the Mesherano Jirga (upper house) for a five-year term, beginning in 2005.[3]
He had planned to contest the minority seat in the 2018 parliamentary elections. Singh was killed in Jalalabad on 1 July 2018 in a suicide bombing that killed 18 other people, mostly from Afghanistan’s Sikh and Hindu minorities. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[4] Singh was 52 and is survived by his wife and 4 children, one of whom was injured in the blast.[5] His son, Narendra Singh Khalsa, contested the minority seat and won. However, he and his family were evacuated from Kabul to India by an Indian Air Force military aircraft just one year later in 2019. They landed at Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad.[6]
