Gajinder Singh Safri
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Gajinder Singh Safri (25 December 1950 – 12 January 2020) was the second Sikh to be elected as a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan.[1][2] He was the brother-in-law of Jai Singh Fani, the first Sikh MP, and secured representation in the 1988 parliamentary election.[1][3] Safri fled to the United Kingdom after the Najbullah Ministry abdicated power in 1992;[2] he has testified before the United Kingdom Immigration Appeal Tribunal as an expert witness about the severe risks faced by Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan under Taliban and the Mujahideen.[4]
