Awtar Singh

Awtar Singh or Awtar Singh Khalsa (1966 - 1 July 2018) was an Afghan politician. He was the Sikh representative to the Loya Jirga from Paktia Province. He was the only non-Muslim representative there. His native tongue was Punjabi. He was in charge of the main Sikh temple (Gurdwara) in Kabul.

Singh was a member of the Mesherano Jirga (upper house) for a term of five years, beginning in 2005.

He had planned to contest the minority seat in the 2018 parliamentary elections. Singh was killed on 1 July 2018 in a suicide bombing in Jalalabad which killed 18 other people, mostly from Afghanistan's Sikh and Hindu minority. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack. Singh was 52 and is survived by his wife and 4 children, one of whom was injured in the blast. His son Narendra Singh Khalsa contested the minority seat and won.