Sikhs forced to pay millions to Taleban

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For the first time since the Mughal Empire Sikhs have been threatened with the once hated jazia tax. Sikh bussinesses and homes have been siezed in Orakzai, where the Sikh families have lived for hundreds of years in what is now called FATA.the taleban had ordered the 11 or so families to pay RS500,000. The Sikhs refused and eleven homes were destroyed.

See story in Dawn News. Will expand, writing on cell phone.