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open infour rafael nadal has been the french open in four sets. he exited his own record winning the men's singles title for eight record 12 time. now on bbc news. 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. our world has the story. 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. music and singing. 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 arinder singh is not so upbeat.

days later, there is bad news. the body 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.

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friday and across western scotland the eastern side of northern ireland at the rails in southwest england, but further east the better chance that they will be mainly dry and a bit more in the way of sunshine. that will help temperatures into the mid to high teens the winds will slowly be turning later as the area of low pressure starts to pull away. it will really take its time digging its heels in. as we look ahead to next weekend at beyond is to rethink this area of low pressure will be. still to the north and west of the uk so that will keep the shower activities across scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england. further south and east dryer and also our winds turned back around to the southwest. we lose the northeast element where things will start to turn warmer. so potentially next weekend slowly things turn dryer and next weekend slowly things turn dryerand a next weekend slowly things turn dryer and a bit warmer. goodbye.

as the contest to be the next prime minister formally begins, more questions for michael gove over past drug use. the conservative leadership candidate says he was lucky not to go to prison for taking cocaine 20 years ago. i was fortunate in that i didn't but i do think it was a profound mistake and i have seen the damage that drugs do. i have seen it close up and i've also seen it in the work i have done as a politician and that's why i deeply regret the mistake that i made. with mr gove under continuing scrutiny, on the eve of nominations opening, we'll be exploring how the race might be affected. also tonight: police in hong kong clash with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china. mourning the deaths of more opposition supporters in sudan