The special aircraft chartered to bring the mortal remains of Nepali nationals who lost their lives in Kabul attack on Monday has reached the Afghan capital on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

 

Earlier, acting Nepali ambassador to Pakistan Tirtha Raj Aryal had reached Kabul to coordinate the repatriation of the mortal remains of the victims and to ensure medical care to the injured.

 

The government on Tuesday had decided to send a Nepal Airlines Corporation aircraft to Kabul to bring the bodies of 12 Nepali workers who were killed in a terrorist attack in the Afghan capital on Monday morning.

Two out of five Nepalis who were seriously injured in the attack—Krishna Deuja and Man Bahadur Thapa—have already been brought to New Delhi for further treatment.

 

Three other injured will also be brought to New Delhi soon. Their condition is said to be normal.

“The government has decided to send a plane [to Kabul] to bring the injured and bodies of those killed in Afghanistan terrorist attack. Necessary preparations are being made for the same,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa tweeted on Tuesday afternoon after a Cabinet meeting decided to dispatch the NAC plane along with a team of Nepali doctors to Kabul.

 

The NAC aircraft will return to Kathmandu with the bodies of those killed in the Afghan attack, most likely on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

 

The government on Tuesday was busy completing necessary procedures like medico-forensic approval, landing permission in Kabul and overflight permits from countries that the plane has to cross over to land in the Afghan capital.

 

We have increased diplomatic efforts to provide compensation to the families of the deceased, bringing back the bodies and handing them over to the family and ensuring treatment of the injured, said Bharat Raj Paudyal, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

 

The Ministry of Labour and Employment also has begun the process to provide compensation to the families of the deceased.

 

The government said that other Nepalis working in Afghanistan can also take the same plane to return home.

 

Meanwhile, Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Pakistan Tirtha Raj Aryal reached Kabul on Tuesday. He has been coordinating with Afghan officials to provide compensation to the families of the dead and injured.

Earlier in the day, a meeting of high level officials of the security agencies, Nepal Airlines Corporation, the Ministry of Health and the Department of Foreign Employment was held at MoFA to discuss further move in the aftermath of the deadly attack. Brigadier General Tara Bahadur Karki, spokesperson for the Nepal Army, said two doctors and one paramedic will fly to Afghanistan to assist in bringing back the injured and the bodies of the deceased.

 

Twelve Nepali security guards working at the Canadian Embassy located in the high-security Green Zone in Kabul were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked the minibus they were on board. Two Indian nationals were also killed in the attack. They were on their way to work.

 

 

• Diplomatic efforts stepped up to provide compensation to the families of the deceased, bringing back the bodies and handing them over to the family and ensuring treatment of the injured

• Nepal’s Acting Ambassador to Pakistan Tirtha Raj Aryal has reached Kabul and is coordinating with Afghan officials to provide compensation to the families of the dead and injured

• The Ministry of Labour and Employment has also begun the process to provide compensation to the families of the deceased