The Indian government has announced that it has granted citizenship to 20 Sikh citizens of Afghanistan.
India passed a citizenship law in 2019 that facilitates the granting of citizenship to Hindus from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Hindu newspaper reported on Monday that the Sikh citizens of Afghanistan had applied for visas online about 100 days ago.
According to the report, the citizenship of these people is based on the law Amended citizenship of India has been granted.
The report states that some of these the applicants had returned to India in 1997 And during this time with a long-term visa.
