How do Afghans see the Sikhs?

[KhalsaWarrior]

the british and sikh did signed the Amritsar treaty, ranjit singh was pretty much loyal to the british, then they also shared their common enemy afghans.

My friend, signing a treaty doesnt mean loyalty. Loyalty is to a master or a friend. In this case it was neither. It was an agreement to attain mutual gains and to prevent any conflict over the trans-Satluj areas.

I do agree with latter half of your post. It does seem that Ranjit Singh and the British had enemity with the Afghans. But there was a substantial difference. Ranjit Singh was content with pushing out Abdali's governors and other Afghans from the greater Punjab area. He didnt venture out into the core Afghan areas beyond Khyber and was satisfied with getting back the greater Punjab areas. The British on the other hand had more imperialistic ambitions and wanted to control Afghanistan.

[Shayesta]

*steals some toot*

Hold it right there; I hate toots! Jeez, at least should have offered jwaar or something.

historically during the british invasion they (muslim and sikh Panjabies)sided the british, both panjabies(sikh and muslims) served british indian army in greatest numbers.

Have you ever heard of a name called Bhagat Singh?

[Shayesta]

^ Well, some Afghans do make strange comments regarding Sikhs, but hardly any Afghan knows much about a Sikh from other countries rather than Afghanistan so we can't say what majority of Afghans think of them. However, Sikhs of Afghanistan are very highly respected and I haven't ever heard of any Afghan speaking against Afghan Sikhs. Our family friends are Sikhs from Afghanistan and pretty much entire Afghan community in Southall knows them and respects them. My own family very deeply regrets the fact thousands and thousands of Sikhs left Afghanistan during all those wars, because festivals organized by the Sikhs were said to be the most fun festivals held in Afghanistan, where every race and religion used to take part in.

[afghan]

Hold it right there; I hate toots! Jeez, at least should have offered jwaar or something.


Have you ever heard of a name called Bhagat Singh?

as much as i know of him he was an indian freedom fighter, a communist, and an atheist. he never represented sikhs. he was a great man.

[Shayesta]

^ No, you were talking of Indian and Pakistani Punjabis; Bhagat Singh was one of them, if not a Sikh by religion. My point is made.

[Saifullah]

Ranjit Singh was the reason why so many sikhs were in jalalabad

[Sheenka]

how do u know lolz ^

[Saifullah]

Because i know...my mum told me when she was a kid there used to be sikh festivals and they used to go for the food..lol

[Sheenka]

lol
in south hall there so many sikhs from jalalabad loolz

[Saifullah]

I met some sikh in ealing road. They all are from jalalabad. Shegiwal..lol

[Sheenka]

drough ma waya lol

[Sheenka]

Sikhs in Jalalabad and Kandahar are a really respected community. Sometimes I doubt if they are even Punjabi.after.seeing how Pakistan acts.

lol, actually they r respected ppl and really freindly too

[Saifullah]

drough ma waya lol

seriously, i only lied about the shegiwal bit

[Sheenka]

i knw u lied about that lols thats why i catched ur lie

afghanlady yap there r loads of sikhs of afghanistan and its interesting that they didnt forget the language lol
once i was in the shop i said something in pashtu lolz about him and he understand it i was so embarras

[Saifullah]

Once my aunty was in a queue and some lady pushed in. My aunty was swearing at her in pashto and we were laughing, we thought she wudnt understand. She always swears at english people in pashto and they dont know wats happening. Then it turned out she was afghan...so she was a bit embarresed