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Their relatives were killed. Now they’re running for parliament
Narinder Singh Khalsa’s father, Avtar Singh Khalsa, was killed last July in an attack claimed by ISIL in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad.
Now, the year-old Sikh Afghan is continuing his father’s legacy and contesting the parliamentary elections on October
Avtar was a long-time leader of the tiny Sikh community, comprising fewer than families in Afghanistan, and the only Sikh candidate in the upcoming polls.
After he and 19 members of his community died in the July suicide bombing, the Sikh community called on Narinder to represent them by running in place of his father.
Education, land rights and security for his community top Narinder’s agenda.
“I want to stand up for the rights of my people, I want to get their rights from the government and from the international community, because we have suffered for years,” Narinder told Al Jazeera.
“The people, our Afghan people, have to know that there are not ju