Hinduism in Afghanistan

Afghan Hindus
افغان هندوان
هندوس افغانی
	Hindu king statue in Kabul Museum, Afghanistan
Total population
	30-40 (2021)
Regions with significant populations
	Larger diaspora in India, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, and Canada
Religions
	Hinduism
Languages
	Dari, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Hindustani (Urdu-Hindi)

Hinduism in Afghanistan is practiced by a small minority of Afghans, about 30-40 individuals as of 2021,who live mostly in the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad. Afghan Hindus are ethnically Pashtun, Hindkowan (Hindki), Punjabi, or Sindhi and primarily speak Dari, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu).

Before the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan, the Afghan people practised different . Religious persecution, discrimination, and forced conversion of Hindus in Afghanistan done by Muslims, has caused the Afghan Hindus, along with Buddhist and Sikh population, to reduce from Afghanistan.

References

↑ Country Policy and Information Note: Afghanistan: Hindus and Sikhs (PDF). Home Office, United Kingdom (Report). 6.0. March 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
↑ Singh, Manpreet (22 August 2014). "Dark days continue for Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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[1] Country Policy and Information Note: Afghanistan: Hindus and Sikhs (PDF). Home Office, United Kingdom (Report). 6.0. March 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[8op-2] Singh, Manpreet (22 August 2014). "Dark days continue for Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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