Baywatana Trailer #afghanistan #afghanminorities #baywatana #documentary
Channel: Nishkam TV
Date: 2023-05-22

Afghanistan has a long history of persecution and discrimination against religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, and Jews. These communities have faced numerous challenges and atrocities over the past few decades, including targeted bombings and attacks on their places of worship. 

Attacks on minority places of worship in Afghanistan include the bombing of a Hindu temple in Kabul in 2010, which killed at least one person and injured several others. In 2018, ISIS targeted a Shia Mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 62 people and injuring more than 100 others. And in 2019, a suicide bombing at a Hazara wedding in Kabul left at least 63 people dead and over 180 others injured. 

This situation reached a tragic climax on March 25, 2020, when ISIS attacked a Sikh place of worship in Kabul, killing 25 people. This attack, along with other targeted assaults on minority communities, led to an exodus of these communities from Afghanistan, a country that had been their home for centuries.  

In "Baywatana: A Story of Afghan Religious Minorities," our documentary film will explore the experiences of these refugees as they flee persecution and struggle to rebuild their lives in a new country. Through a focus on the loss of freedom of religion and security, we hope to shed light on the human cost of religious conflict and persecution. 

"Baywatana" will explore the experiences of these refugees as they flee persecution and struggle to rebuild their lives in a new country. Through the personal accounts of these individuals, the film will bring four threads of stories to give a holistic and nuanced understanding of the challenges and struggles that these communities face as they try to rebuild their lives in a new country. We believe that this film has the potential to inspire and inform audiences around the world, and we are committed to telling this important and timely story.