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HINDKI , the name given to the See also:Hindus who inhabit See also:Afghanistan . They are of the Khatri class, and are found all over the See also:country even amongst the wildest tribes . Bellew in his Races of Afghanistan estimates their number at about 300,000 . The name Hindki is also loosely used on the upper See also:Indus, in See also:Dir, See also:Bajour, &c., to denote the speakers of Punjabi or any of its dialects . It is sometimes applied in a See also:historical sense to the Buddhist inhabitants of the See also:Peshawar Valley See also:north of the See also:Kabul See also:river, who were driven thence about the 5th or 6th See also:century and settled in the neighbourhood of See also:Kandahar . |
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this shows that the Hindus in afghanistan and else where are much tolerant in nature as the Hindu culture has taught.In contrast Islam preaches intolerence for the other religion. This intolerence propagates intolerence to the other human being in the peaceful society which leads to unhappiness and anarchy.
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