People from all communities are looking to leave the country at the first chance they get as the Taliban gains power. But Pandit Rajesh Kumar, the priest of a Hindu temple in the country, says he would not leave. Kumar is perhaps the last Hindu priest living in the Afghan capital, some reports suggest. Why does he want to stay?
"Some Hindus have asked me to leave the country and offered to arrange for my travel and stay," Kumar, the priest of the Rattan Nath Temple, reportedly said. He, however, added that he cannot abandon the temple. "My ancestors served this Mandir for hundreds of years. I will not abandon my Mandir. If Taliban kills me, I will consider it my Seva (service)."
I have served this place my whole life, I cannot abandon my lords for the sake of myself.