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	'''Anarkali Kaur Honaryar''' is a [[Punjabis in Afghanistan\|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2010/08/sikh-woman-man-fight-against-former.html\|title=Sikh woman, man fight against former mujahideen in Aghanistan polls\|last=editor\|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> [[Afghanistan\|Afghan]] [[politician]].<ref name="UNESCO"/> She is also a women's rights activist and a [[dentist]], as well as a medical doctor.<ref name="BBC-8494291">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8494291.stm \|title=Afghanistan's Sikh heroine fights for rights \|author=Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi \|work=BBC \|location=Kabul}}</ref>

	There ~~are~~ only about 30, 000 [[Sikhs]] and [[Hindus]] in Afghanistan, Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is one of them.<ref>~~[http~~://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anarkali_Kaur ~~Anarkali Kaur]~~</ref> She is the first non-Muslim member of [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)]].<ref>[http://www.sikhfoundation.org/50years/schedule/dr-anarkali-kaur-honaryar/ Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar]</ref>		'''Anarkali Kaur Honaryar''' is a [[Sikh]] [[Afghanistan\|Afghan]] [[politician]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2010/08/sikh-woman-man-fight-against-former.html\|title=Sikh woman, man fight against former mujahideen in Aghanistan polls\|last=editor\|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref><ref name="UNESCO" /> She is also a women's rights activist and a [[dentist]], as well as a medical doctor.<ref name="BBC-8494291">{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8494291.stm \|title=Afghanistan's Sikh heroine fights for rights \|author=Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi \|work=BBC \|location=Kabul}}</ref>

			There were only about 30,000 [[Sikhs]] and [[Hindus]] in Afghanistan, Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is one of them.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Anarkali Kaur - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.\|url=https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anarkali_Kaur\|access-date=2021-05-05\|website=www.sikhiwiki.org}}</ref> She is the first non-Muslim member of [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)\|National Assembly of Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://www.sikhfoundation.org/50years/schedule/dr-anarkali-kaur-honaryar/ Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar]</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	In 2010, Honaryar was elected for the country's [[Meshranoi Jirga]], and she was the first non-Muslim woman to achieve the milestone, she left from her post in mid 2015.<ref name="UNESCO"/>		In 2010, Honaryar was elected for the country's [[Meshranoi Jirga]], and she was the first non-Muslim woman to achieve the milestone, she left from her post in mid 2015.<ref name="UNESCO"/>

			On 22 August 2021, she came to India along with other Indians who were rescued by Indian forces from Afghanistan due to the Taliban siege of Afghanistan in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-evacuates-over-20-afghan-sikhs-from-kabul-including-mps-anarkali-kaur-honaryar-narendra-khalsa/videoshow/85530542.cms\|title=India evacuates over 20 Afghan Sikhs from Kabul, including MPS Anarkali Kaur Honaryar, Narendra Khalsa}}</ref>

	==Awards and honors==		==Awards and honors==
	Honaryar is a well-known human rights activist<ref name="RFE/RL"/> and has been awarded with the [[UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web \|title=2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence to be awarded to Anarkali Honaryar (Afghanistan) and Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestine) \|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/2011_unesco_madanjeet_singh_prize_for_the_promotion_of_tolerance_and_non_violence_to_be_awarded_to_anarkali_honaryar_afghanistan_and_khaled_abu_awwad_palestine/ \|publisher=[[UNESCO]] \|date=16 November 2011}}</ref> "for her work helping women who suffer from domestic abuse, forced marriages and gender discrimination and for her commitment to promote the ideals of human dignity, human rights, mutual respect and tolerance in her country."<ref>~~[http~~://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/11/17/unesco-awards-peace-hero-defenders/ ~~UNESCO awards peace hero defenders – Anarkali Honaryar & Khaled Abu Awwad]~~</ref> Honaryar was also chosen by Radio Free Europe's Afghan chapter as person of the year in 2009.<ref name="RFE/RL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Young_Afghan_Rights_Activist_Selected_As_Person_Of_The_Year/1515911.html \|title=Young Afghan Rights Activist Selected As 'Person Of The Year' \|first=Omid \|last=Marzban \|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] \|date=24 March 2009}}</ref>		Honaryar is a well-known human rights activist<ref name="RFE/RL"/> and has been awarded with the [[UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web \|title=2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence to be awarded to Anarkali Honaryar (Afghanistan) and Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestine) \|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/2011_unesco_madanjeet_singh_prize_for_the_promotion_of_tolerance_and_non_violence_to_be_awarded_to_anarkali_honaryar_afghanistan_and_khaled_abu_awwad_palestine/ \|publisher=[[UNESCO]] \|date=16 November 2011}}</ref> "for her work helping women who suffer from domestic abuse, forced marriages and gender discrimination and for her commitment to promote the ideals of human dignity, human rights, mutual respect and tolerance in her country."<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2011-11-17\|title=UNESCO awards peace hero defenders - Anarkali Honaryar & Khaled Abu Awwad\|url=https://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/11/17/unesco-awards-peace-hero-defenders/\|access-date=2021-05-05\|website=Woman News Network (WNN)\|language=en-US}}</ref> Honaryar was also chosen by Radio Free Europe's Afghan chapter as person of the year in 2009.<ref name="RFE/RL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Young_Afghan_Rights_Activist_Selected_As_Person_Of_The_Year/1515911.html \|title=Young Afghan Rights Activist Selected As 'Person Of The Year' \|first=Omid \|last=Marzban \|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] \|date=24 March 2009}}</ref>

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'''Anarkali Kaur Honaryar''' is a [[Punjabis in Afghanistan|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2010/08/sikh-woman-man-fight-against-former.html|title=Sikh woman, man fight against former mujahideen in Aghanistan polls|last=editor|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[politician]].<ref name="UNESCO"/> She is also a women's rights activist and a [[dentist]], as well as a medical doctor.<ref name="BBC-8494291">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8494291.stm |title=Afghanistan's Sikh heroine fights for rights |author=Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi |work=BBC |location=Kabul}}</ref>

There are only about 30, 000 [[Sikhs]] and [[Hindus]] in Afghanistan, Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is one of them.<ref>[http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Anarkali_Kaur Anarkali Kaur]</ref> She is the first non-Muslim member of [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)]].<ref>[http://www.sikhfoundation.org/50years/schedule/dr-anarkali-kaur-honaryar/ Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar]</ref>

==Career==
When Taliban was ousted in 2001, Honaryar studied medicine at the [[Kabul University]]. She has been a member of the [[Loya Jirga]] which choose [[Afghanistan]]'s interim government after the decline of [[Taliban]], and also an Afghan Constitution Committee member.<ref name="RFE/RL"/> In 2006, she became a member of [[Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission]].<ref name="BBC-8494291"/>

In 2010, Honaryar was elected for the country's [[Meshranoi Jirga]], and she was the first non-Muslim woman to achieve the milestone, she left from her post in mid 2015.<ref name="UNESCO"/>

==Awards and honors==
Honaryar is a well-known human rights activist<ref name="RFE/RL"/> and has been awarded with the [[UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web |title=2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence to be awarded to Anarkali Honaryar (Afghanistan) and Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestine) |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/2011_unesco_madanjeet_singh_prize_for_the_promotion_of_tolerance_and_non_violence_to_be_awarded_to_anarkali_honaryar_afghanistan_and_khaled_abu_awwad_palestine/ |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |date=16 November 2011}}</ref> "for her work helping women who suffer from domestic abuse, forced marriages and gender discrimination and for her commitment to promote the ideals of human dignity, human rights, mutual respect and tolerance in her country."<ref>[http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/11/17/unesco-awards-peace-hero-defenders/ UNESCO awards peace hero defenders – Anarkali Honaryar & Khaled Abu Awwad]</ref> Honaryar was also chosen by Radio Free Europe's Afghan chapter as person of the year in 2009.<ref name="RFE/RL">{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Young_Afghan_Rights_Activist_Selected_As_Person_Of_The_Year/1515911.html |title=Young Afghan Rights Activist Selected As 'Person Of The Year' |first=Omid |last=Marzban |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=24 March 2009}}</ref>

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