Sikhs

India warned Canada of "further damage" to already strained ties after Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew about a purported campaign targeting Sikh activists.

Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital on June 18, lobbing at least one grenade and wounding two people, the interior ministry and witnesses said.

While the number of bombings has dropped across the country since the Taliban seized power in August, several fatal attacks have rocked the country in recent months.

In a surprise announcement, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Nov. 19 his government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that prompted year-long protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration.

Turkey on March 25 condemned a terrorist attack that killed a least 25 Sikh worshipers in Afghanistan.

"We are saddened to hear about this morning's terrorist attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that resulted in loss of many lives," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on March 25, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said.