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12 Nepalis killed in Kabul suicide blast
Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide blast targeting a convoy having mostly Nepali security guards who were employed at the Canadian Embassy in the war-torn nation.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Bharat Raj Paudyal told The Himalayan Times that the ill-fated Nepalis were hired by a British security consultancy firm, Sabre International, for the security of Kabul-based Canadian mission.
Name listIt is the deadliest assault against unarmed Nepali migrants since the cruel murder of a dozen Nepali hostages by an Islamic extremist outfit in Iraq in August 2004.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of 12 Nepali nationals and made public their identities.
It also said seven Nepalis were injured in the attack that happened at 05:40am at Jalalabad Road in Kabul. The ministry has already informed the families of the deceased.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa informed the Parliament that at least 14 Nepalis were learnt to have been killed and five injured.
A source privy to the matter told this daily that the other two deceased were Indian citizens of Nepali origin.
“We could confirm that only 12 out of 14 people who were killed in the attack were Nepali citizens,” MoFA spokesperson Bharat Raj Paudyal, who earlier served as Nepal’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, said.
12 Nepalis killed in Kabul suicide blast
Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide blast targeting a convoy having mostly Nepali security guards who were employed at the Canadian Embassy in the war-torn nation.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Bharat Raj Paudyal told The Himalayan Times that the ill-fated Nepalis were hired by a British security consultancy firm, Sabre International, for the security of Kabul-based Canadian mission.
Name listIt is the deadliest assault against unarmed Nepali migrants since the cruel murder of a dozen Nepali hostages by an Islamic extremist outfit in Iraq in August 2004.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of 12 Nepali nationals and made public their identities.
It also said seven Nepalis were injured in the attack that happened at 05:40am at Jalalabad Road in Kabul. The ministry has already informed the families of the deceased.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa informed the Parliament that at least 14 Nepalis were learnt to have been killed and five injured.
A source privy to the matter told this daily that the other two deceased were Indian citizens of Nepali origin.
“We could confirm that only 12 out of 14 people who were killed in the attack were Nepali citizens,” MoFA spokesperson Bharat Raj Paudyal, who earlier served as Nepal’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, said.
