Amnesty International says Indian police committed “grave human rights violations” during the deadly communal violence in the capital New Delhi that claimed dozens of innocent lives earlier in the year.

The Indian police has failed to protect Muslims campaigning against a new citizenship law during violent riots in New Delhi in February.

Unidentified gunmen have attacked a Sikh-Hindu temple in the Afghan capital, Kabul, taking up to 200 worshipers hostage.

Indian police engaged in direct violence against Muslims and helped Hindu mobs in their atrocities, or just stood aside watching, during anti-Muslim violence in the capital, New Delhi, last month, a report by The New York Times says.

India has been forced to lift a ban on media coverage of a recent wave of sectarian violence against Muslims in the Hindu-majority country.

Indian authorities report the arrest of hundreds after worst anti-Muslim riots by Hindu nationalist mobs.

"Peace and harmony are central to our ethos," Modi tweeted.

A mosque is set on fire in the Indian capital, New Delhi, during clashes over a citizenship law that is deemed biased against Muslims.

Hundreds of women took to the streets saying they will not stop until the government repeals a controversial citizenship law that has angered the country.

The Weekly is a brief look back at the most consequential news from last week with a view to putting them in context.