Minorities under siege in Afghanistan - 25 May 09

Less than 20 years ago, thriving Hindu and Sikh communities were among the most prosperous in Afghanistan. But attacks on religious temples during the Afghan civil war in the 1990s caused many Sikhs and Hindus to flee.

Now, Afghanistan's dwindling minority populations say they have been forgotten by their government, and need help to rebuild what they've lost.

Al Jazeera's Nick Clark reports from Kabul.