288 Nepali nationals rescued from Afghanistan so far

KATHMANDU, August 19: A total of 288 Nepali nationals have been rescued from Afghanistan and airlifted to Kathmandu due to recent developments in Afghanistan. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a total of 288 Nepali nationals have been rescued from Afghanistan, including 118 on Tuesday morning and 84 on the same night and 61 on Wednesday morning and 25 on Wednesday afternoon so far. A task-force formed under the coordination of the Heads of Central Asia, Western Asia and Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement that reads that the Holding Center managed by the Government of Nepal at Samakhusi has completed the process including for COVID-19 testing as per the health standards. The ministry said that many Nepali nationals rescued from Afghanistan are in the process of returning home. "296 Nepalis have registered their details on the web portal of the Department of Consular Services Department as of yesterday. Of the registered, 16 Nepali nationals have been rescued and returned home,” the statement said. (With inouts from RSS)

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Ten people rescued from Afghanistan in Kathmandu - Khabarhub

KATHMANDU: Ten Nepali nationals rescued from Afghanistan arrived here Thursday.

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461 Nepalis arrive home from Afghanistan including 165 on Friday

KATHMANDU, August 21: As many as 165 Nepalis arrived in Kathmandu from Afghanistan on Friday. Foreign nationals have been leaving Afghanistan soon after it was taken over by the Taliban. Nepali nationals arrived in Kathmandu via a regular Kuwait-Kathmandu flight of Jazeera Air. Another nine rescued Nepalis would also arrive in Kathmandu soon, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They worked for various diplomatic missions at Kabul and also at jobs in the informal sector. So far, a total 461 Nepalis have been rescued from Afghanistan and brought back home. The rescued ones, who arrived in Kathmandu, have been managed COVID-19 tests and other health checkups at a holding center run by the government at Samakhusi. A total of 310 Nepalis, who have been left stranded in Afghanistan, registered their names and details in the web portal of the Department of Consular Services, a required process for their rescue and repatriation to home country, said Hari Chandra Ghimire, Chief of the Central Asia, West Asia and Africa Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The rescue operation has taken place on the basis of the registration of the stranded Nepalis in the web portal and their details given by the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi and the situation center. Friendly nations have helped in the rescue of the stranded Nepalis by sending their flights to Kabul.

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NHRC directs govt to rescue Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan

KATHMANDU, August: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Tapa Bahadur Magar has directed the government to rescue Nepali nationals left stranded in Afghanistan via diplomatic channels. At a discussion with the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bharatraj Poudel and Director General of Department of Foreign Employment Krishna Prasad Dawadi, NHRC Chairman Magar urged the government to rescue Nepalis from Afghanistan. On the occasion, Secretary Poudel and Director General Dawadi said that the government was continuing diplomatic efforts to rescue Nepalis via diplomatic missions. They said that some Nepalis were rescued to safer zones while some others were brought to the country. According to the press release issued by spokesperson at the Commission Dr Tikaram Bhattarai, Nepali migrant workers who landed in Afghanistan without receiving a labour permit were in a vulnerable situation and should be rescued soon.

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Experience of Afghanistan-returnee Nepalis: Taliban do not open fire though they march along Kabul streets

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118 Nepalis return home from Afghanistan (with photos)

291 Nepali nationals arrive Kathmandu from Afghanistan since Aug 6 KATHMANDU, August 17: At a time when the international communities are evacuating their citizens from Afghanistan after the Taliban gained control over the government, Nepali nationals are also returning to their homeland. As many as 118 Nepali people arrived in Kathmandu from Afghanistanvia a chartered flight of Jazeera Air via Doha, Qatar transit on Tuesday alone. “As many as 118 Nepali nationals have arrived in the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu,” said SSP Rajesh Nath Bastola, chief of the security office at the TIA. Nepali nationals in Afghanistan have been returning to Nepal since August 6. From August 6 to August 16, as many as 164 Nepali people have returned to Nepal on their own, according to the Immigration Office at TIA. With this, 291 Nepali nationals have returned from Afghanistan so far. Those people returned from Afghanistan are currently staying at Radha Swami Quarantine Center at Samakhusi in the capital. Check some photos taken at the TIA on Tuesday.

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Govt decides to evacuate Nepali nationals from Afghanistan soon

KATHMANDU, August 16: The government has decided to evacuate Nepali nationals from Afghanistan soon.

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Govt decides to evacuate Nepalis in Afghanistan at earliest

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The government has decided to evacuate the Nepalis in Afghanistan at the earliest. A Cabinet meeting held at the official residence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, on Monday, decided to make immediate and safe rescue of those Nepali nationals who have been left stranded in Afghanistan, according to the government spokesperson, Gyanendra Karki. "Taking serious note of the situation in Afghanistan, the Cabinet decided to rescue the Nepali nationals there safely and expeditiously," Karki said.

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Govt working seriously to evacuate Nepali nationals from Afghanistan: PM Deuba

KATHMANDU, August 16: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has maintained that his government is working seriously to rescue Nepali nationals in Afghanistan.

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Govt working seriously to evacuate Nepali nationals from Afghanistan: PM Deuba

KATHMANDU, August 16: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has maintained that his government is working seriously to rescue Nepali nationals in Afghanistan.

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Govt steps up preparations to rescue Nepali nationals living in Afghanistan

KATHMANDU, August 16: The government has asked all Nepali nationals currently living in Afghanistan to come to the contact of the government.

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