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in straight sets. it's australia's first singles win at the tournament for more than a0 years. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day's news. first it's time for our world. for centuries, a significant sikh minority has grown in relative safety in afg ha nista n. but in the last decade, persecution has seen the population drop. music. sikhs have lived in afghanistan for centuries. but they are an embattled minority living in ghettos and trapped in poverty. in a muslim country that is unstable and insecure, sikhs are targeted and discriminated against for their religion. and the violence is getting worse.

i'm kawoon khamoosh, and i have returned to my homeland afghanistan to meet one of the nation's oldest communities. once 250,000 strong, now reduced to just 100 families. this is a community facing a dilemma over its very existence. this is the shor bazaar district in the capital, kabul. it is home to one of afghanistan's last remaining sikh communities.

today is the biggest day in the sikh calendar. the festival of vaisakhi. it celebrates the birth of the religion and commemorates the fight against persecution. i am with arinder singh, a teacher who has prepared the kids for the big day. the sikh community has never taken

sides in the four decades of war and violence that have plagued afghanistan. but in the ongoing troubles here, this ethnic and religious minority has been feeling ever more vulnerable. we have arrived at the main temple in kabul, which is also called a gurdwara. sikhs have converged here from across the city and beyond. five children have the honour of representing the warriors baptised by the guru gobind singh, who led the sikhs‘ fight against religious persecution

in india 300 years ago. singing. sikhs have lived here for centuries and have gathered and celebrated vaisakhi every year — through the soviet invasion, civil war and taliban rule. but this year the big day is overshadowed by a deep sense of loss.

in the 1990s, the sikh community in afghanistan numbered around 250,000. much of the country's trade and commerce was run by sikhs, and the community flourished. thousands would gather in the streets for religious events and whole districts were populated by sikhs. but today's community is estimated to be as few as 100 families. properties are empty and it is a risk to step outside. narinder singh is the sikh community's only member of the afghan parliament. he is under armed guard around the clock.

inside the gurdwara or temple compound is a shrine to those sikhs who were killed in a devastating suicide attack last year. it was a tragedy that rocked the entire community. suicide bombers had targeted an entire delegation of sikhs in the city of jalalabad as they prepared to meet the afghan president. the so—called islamic state claimed responsibility.

narinder was among the lucky ones who reached hospital. 19 people were killed, the entire community leadership effectively wiped out. among the dead was awtar singh. he was the sikhs‘ representative through decades of war, and champion of sikh rights. he was narinder‘s father.

but despite what happened to his father, narinder is in no doubt about his future. but not all of the community share narinder‘s outlook. most sikhs who have remained live in compounds, barely venturing out. families of ten sharing two rooms. for many, staying means living in fear and poverty. but leaving may spell the end of their centuries—old community in afghanistan.

charan singh is desperate to leave, but his family has been plunged into crisis that can only be resolved if he stays. he runs a store in a busy neighbourhood that used to be considered a safe part of kabul. it is a short drive from his brother ajit‘s business. two months ago charan‘s brother was closing his shop at the end of the workday, but he never made it home. all that was found was his parked car, empty. so the shop is now closed and behind these little stalls, we can see the sign, it is named "rajinder,

the lover of the country". but the shop is closed now, it is a very crowded area. charan didn't want us to get out of the car, worried we would draw unwanted attention. the family have reported the disappearance to the police, but there has been little progress in the investigation. back at the shor bazaar compound, charan‘s grieving mother waits.

nobody knows if he was abducted for his religion or his money. he wasn't a rich man but had a life ahead of him. afghans who have fought for human rights here see the intolerance and abuse aimed at sikhs as part of a wider, deeply worrying development.

but tomorrow's generation of sikhs have lives to build. and today is another school day. the sikh community has one state school in all afghanistan. as non—muslims, the parents don't want their children attending the schools where islam is the only religion that's taught. arinder singh is the school's deputy head.

over the past two years, arinder has seen the number of students drop by half to just 30. the result of the worsening security situation. despite dwindling numbers, afg hanistan‘s education ministry still provides teachers.

this school is tiny, but the government has promised that even if there's just one sikh or hindu student left they will still keep the school and the teachers. the school principal, who is muslim, used to teach afghan war refugees in iran. now he teaches afghan sikhs in their own country.

but in a country that is officially islamic, many sikhs say they are treated like second—class citizens. i have come to the powerful ministry of religious affairs. part of its remit is to help ensure that all of the country's minorities can practice their religions in safety. but officials here don't blame the problems sikhs face on religious intolerance.

sikhs are not the only community to leave afghanistan after hundreds of years of shared experience. i have come to herat, in the far west of the country. there was once prosperous sikh and hindu communities here. but they are now almost entirely abandoned. this city was also the centre of a largejewish community in afghanistan that had once flourished in the country for 1500 years. the last jew left here

during the unrest of the 1980s, in search of a better life in israel. the yu aw synagogue has been preserved as a monument to the generations who worshipped here. mohammad nadir remembers the community from when he was a young man, 60 years ago.

back in kabul, for now there's a reason to celebrate. a family is coming in from jalalabad for a wedding party. and the bride is the niece of mp narender singh. i am very, very lucky and excited to be in such a party, seeing afghan boys and girls, men and women dancing under the same roof here in kabul. the teacher, arinder singh, is conducting the ceremony. for today's guests, the wedding is about the joining together of two families. it is a sign of hope

for the future of this community here in afghanistan. but arender singh is not so upbeat.

days later, there is bad news. the body of charan singh‘s missing brother has been found. he has been murdered and badly tortured. two people have been detained by police. but that's little consolation. the sikh community yearns for peace and stability. but in the face of tragedy it becomes harder to stay and easier to decide to leave afghanistan forever.

hello. the weather over the last couple of days has been dictated by a deep area of low pressure that has brought some notable rainfall in places. after lingering for around 48 hours, its goods out of the way across the north sea toward scandinavia and behind it we will see the isobars are becoming further spaced apart. much more straightforward day on sunday. sunshine and showers. sunshine for many through the morning, showers bring on the western side of the uk will filter their way further eastwards. merging into bands so some could see quite a few showers, others will see hardly any. lighter winds and a bit more sunshine, it

will be a warmer feeling day, 19 or 20 celsius for east anglia, made if not high teens for most of us. sunshine turning hazy across eastern counties of england through the afternoon, that is ahead of these approaching fronts and by the time we get to monday morning, that will bring some fairly persistent rain initially across south—east england and east anglia but it will soon work its way across much of england and wales. only the far north of england escaping through the day. if few showers here, also showers for scotla nd few showers here, also showers for scotland and northern ireland. in between some sunshine but quite a cool feeling day again, temperatures 14, 15, may 16 celsius. cool feeling day again, temperatures 14, 15, may16 celsius. still very u nsettled 14, 15, may16 celsius. still very unsettled as we go into tuesday. some showers, longer spells of rain across much of england and wales, working its way northwards, may be getting to the far south of scotland but for much of scotland and northern ireland on tuesday it will

be mainly dry and may be some spells of sunshine across southern counties of sunshine across southern counties of england through tuesday afternoon as the ring pulls away. north easterly winds, quite strong and gusty so a cool feeling day, just 13 01’ gusty so a cool feeling day, just 13 or 14 celsius where we have the persistent rain, may be just ten or 11. this area of low pressure still in charge as we go into wednesday so it stays unsettled. slowly a frontal system works its way towards scotla nd system works its way towards scotland and northern ireland. rain pushing its way north and westward through the day. behind it, spells of sunshine developing across much of sunshine developing across much of eastern, central and south—western england. maybe south wales in the afternoon but also some sharp showers. in this sunshine, 15, 16 celsius. thursday, little change. an area of low pressure is still with us. by this stage they winds generally quite light, away from the far north of scotland and northern

ireland, here it will be quite windy. the front stalling here so persistent rain. across england and wales, sharp showers developing, perhaps emerging to give a longer speu perhaps emerging to give a longer spell of rain. temperatures starting to perk up, a sign that there should be more in the way of sunshine. towards the end of the week an area of low pressure finally starts to pull away more than westwards into the atlantic. initially on friday, we keep some showers particularly across northern england, scotland and northern ireland but a sign that pressure will start to build across southern parts of england and wales and also start to bring in a south—westerly wind, a potential things will start to turn warmer as we look ahead to next weekend. u nsettled we look ahead to next weekend. unsettled for much of next week, drier and warmer later.

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