How do Afghans see the Sikhs?

[spogmai shaglay]

True Khalsawarrior, i know them from Bombay.....all sikhs in Bombay are good people and as i mentioned, gentlemen. they will respect you so much...but i have had enough bad experience with Sikhs too, not in bombay though....a coin has too sides...so we havegood andbad people in all countries, religions,etc...

Gopashtungo, i havent yet come across any afghan sikh in bombay....there are pople from all religions, caste, culture, state, country, great diversity....really difficult to know who comes from where.....

[Karachi]

Sikhs are nice people, i live here in canada and they are really hard workers here

Funny song about Jatt sikhs: they are the strongest people physically in india, thats for sure, no wonder the army is full of them:

YouTube - Punjabi Jatt Song New Jatt Song 2010 .. Chann Sangha Manpreet Mann Shahkot

[KhalsaWarrior]

Sikhs are nice people, i live here in canada and they are really hard workers here

Funny song about Jatt sikhs: they are the strongest people physically in india, thats for sure, no wonder the army is full of them:

YouTube - Punjabi Jatt Song New Jatt Song 2010 .. Chann Sangha Manpreet Mann Shahkot

Don't know about the strongest part, but yes we are more physically endowed than other communities in India.

[Karachi]

^ what is the reason for that??? weren't jatt sikhs related to pashtuns in some ways?? i am not sure of their history

btw, i understand punjabi, i like the song

[KhalsaWarrior]

^ what is the reason for that??? weren't jatt sikhs related to pashtuns in some ways?? i am not sure of their history

btw, i understand punjabi, i like the song

I am not sure if Jatts are related to Pashtuns, but they have certain amount of Central Asian genetic heritage. Scythians, an ancient tribe related to Pashtuns as well, is said to be the progenitors of todays Jatts. Add to that the eating habits and other cultural traits, you get big guys who love to fight. lol..

Another thing, Jatts Sikhs are ethnically the same as Jatts in Pakistan Punjab. The only difference is that we follow Sikhism, after possibly converting from either Islam or Hinduism, and Pakistani Jatts follow Islam.

[jj1990]

my cousin married into a rajput sikh family, they're nice people.

[PakistaniPatriot]

Here are some of my favorite Sikhs.

[gadoonwal]

Sikhs are respected in pashtunkhwa and afghanistan.There are many Sikhs living in peshawar,buner,swat,terah,orakzai and khyber agency.

[graveyardofempires]

sikhs live in Afghanistan mainly in jalalabad,kabul maybe also in kandahar and other big cities.

well sikhs have always been rich shop owners until they wars started,sikhs wer robbed by warlords and they had to suffer as any other Afghan.
Sikhs in Afghanistan speak Pashto and dari

[Alchemist]

Personally I like the Bhangra...

[torkham]

as an afghan i consider sikh with repect that is due to a brave adversary,
because of;

their warrior spirit
their respect of their faith
their pride in their culture
their integrity to their people

you see how defiantly they hold their religion on their heads and body (the 5 Ks)
you see how proudly they stick to their culture
you see how they fought for their amritsar temple
you see how they initiated the langar for their people
you see how they are uniquely identified in india and the world
you see how they do not bow to other cultures

i respect them for their tenacity to be what they are

having said this, don't misunderstand me;
my brothers are my muslims

[ScimitarXEdge]

In my family history, many of my ancestors were involved in battles against Sikhs, they were sent as a Lashkar by Wazir Akbar Khan to repel the Sikhs who I feel were always cahoots with British imperialism. So I view Sikhs as spineless, Uncle Tom-like degenerates who are only delude themselves with false bravado of a "warrior" culture. In Pashto there are many mataloona about Sikhs. The Sikhs of Afghanistan have always collaborated with Europeans and never fought to defend Afghanistan, but why would they? They identify with Punjab, which is understandable.

With that said in my day to day life I don't display animosity towards anyone, Sikh, Ferangi, Angrez or otherwise. In fact if a Sikh spingiray is near by I will call him Kaka or Lala out of respect. However, I will not deny I wish my ancestors completely annihilated Sikhs from the face of the Earth when they had the chance to. I also don't like much of their culture, I feel they just wish they were Pakhtuns.

These are my personal views, I don't however advocate that others should share my views because I will admit they are born more out of prejudice than reason or logic and for me I only promote logic and reason as a universal standard. I do think we should not cowtow to Sikhs or try to appease them just because of some Regional political issues.

[torkham]

scimitarx, you will note i my last comment about my brothers, the muslims, i reserve brother for pashtun and muslim.

i grew up in a culture of hatred of sikhs to the extent of racial bigotry, a consequence of wars between pashtun and sikh ranjit singh pushing to peshawar and then to kabul through our sarobi, then getting pushed back to lahore where he came from.

so you are not the only one to feel this dislike of our next door neighbour ancestral enemy. in my kor and dehaat, prejudice of their uncleaniliness, made us (me too) hate sikhs. however i tried to be noble and let hatred due to wars and territorial aggression lay aside, and judge the sikh in terms of advocacy for the devil. however prejudice runs in the blood, i cannot stand the sight of bhangra dancing nor their dhol remixed remixed here and there.

i remember seeing the many stone insignia of anglo-sikh regiments along khyber pass, and your reference to sikh allegiance to brits - that's a good reference to and reminder of the sikh spinelessness.

[sahil112]

there are still many sikhs in kandahar and they are respected members of soceity, i have nothing against sikhs i think they are great people.

[Michin Khel]

In our area Sikhs are remembered as cruel people.