NEW DELHI: Sikh and Hindu Afghans, most reportedly family members of people killed in an attack on a Kabul temple earlier this year, arrived in India Sunday on special visas, the foreign ministry said.

At least 25 people died in the mass shooting at a Sikh-Hindu temple in Afghanistan's capital in March claimed by the Islamic State group.

Ten of the 11 Sikhs and Hindus - both minority groups in war-torn Afghanistan - had relatives who died in the assault, Indian media reported.

Nidan Singh Sachdeva, an Afghan who was kidnapped from a Sikh temple in Afghanistan, also arrived with the group in India's capital New Delhi, the foreign ministry said.

"Around eleven members, belonging to the Sikh & Hindu minority community of Afghanistan, arrived in India today," the ministry said in a statement.