AMRITSAR: Sikh leaders across India condemned the ghastly attack on Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul by Islamist militants on Wednesday. Not only did the community leaders asked the Indian government to raise the issue with Afghanistan government but also demanded for action againt the perpetrators of the heinous crime.While talking to TOI, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gobind Singh Longowal said it was the most unfortunate and highly condemnable incident which couldn’t be tolerated. “Sikh sentiments are deeply hurt with the cowardly acts of few misguided persons”. He appealed to government of India to take up the issue with Afghanistan government through diplomatic channel to ensure safety of Sikhs living in the war-torn nation.Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh , reacting to the incident, tweeted “ Horrific news coming from Kabul where a barbaric terror attack happened in the Gurdwaa Guru Har Rai . It is extremely tragic and unfortunate.”Amarinder has also asked the Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani to trace the perpetrators of the crime and look after the Sikh and HIndu minority communities.Chairman of Virasat Sikhism Trust, Rajinder Singh said “We condemn the deadly terrorist attack (and) demand justice for this genocide, safety and protection for the rest Sikh and Hindu micro minority communities who are permanent residents of Afghanistan."He said Trust had also written a letter to PM Narendra Modi to take immediate steps for ensuring safety and security of Sikh’s and Hindu’s living in Afghanistan.Singh, whose grandfather had spent three years in Kabul as a building contractor, said the Sikhs have been inhabitants of Afghanistan for more than 450 years. In the 18th century, Hindu and Sikh merchants from Punjab had settled in Afghanistan and dominated regional trade.While condemning the incident ,Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa said “My heart goes out to the innocent Sikhs killed in the unfortunate incident in Kabul when suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the gurdwara." Shiromani Akali Dal (D) president Paramjit Singh Sarna has called upon the international community to hunt down the perpetrators of the dastardly act with full might and initiate efforts to secure religious minorities in the restive Afghanistan.He said the Sikhs, who numbered fewer than 300 families, had suffered widespread discrimination in the country and had also been targeted by armed groups.