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'''Awtar Singh''' or '''Awtar Singh Khalsa''' (1966 - 1 July 2018) was an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[politician]]. He was the [[Sikh]] representative to the [[Loya Jirga]] from [[Paktia Province]]. He was the only non-Muslim representative there. His native tongue was [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/unveiling-afghanistan/awtar-singh-khalsa-they-g_b_5042997.html|title=Awtar Singh Khalsa: 'They Gave the Hindus and Sikhs a place for rubbish disposal as a Place to Live'|first=Unveiling|last=Afghanistan|date=27 March 2014|website=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref> He was in charge of the main Sikh temple ([[Gurdwara]]) in Kabul.<br />
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He had planned to contest the minority seat in the [[2018 Afghan parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary elections]]. Singh was killed on 1 July 2018 in a suicide bombing in [[Jalalabad]] which killed 18 other people, mostly from Afghanistan's Sikh and Hindu minority. [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province|ISIL]] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite news|title=Afghanistan blast: Sikhs among 19 dead in Jalalabad suicide attack|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44677823|date=1 July 2018|accessdate=1 July 2018|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> Singh was 52 and is survived by his wife and 4 children, one of whom was injured in the blast.<ref>{{cite news|title=Avtar Singh Khalsa, Sikh candidate for October polls among 20 killed in Afghanistan blast|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/avtar-singh-khalsa-sikh-candidate-for-october-polls-among-20-killed-in-afghanistan-blast-5241725/|date=2 July 2018|accessdate=2 July 2018|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020610/world.htm#4 Afghan Hindus, Sikhs see hope] The Tribune - June 9, 2002<br />
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[[Category:Afghan politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Afghan Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
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[[Category:Afghan people of Punjabi descent]]<br />
[[Category:Assassinated Afghan politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1960s births]]<br />
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