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12 Nepalis killed in Kabul suicide blast
At least 12 Nepali security guards were killed in an early morning terrorist attack in Kabul today.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.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.Most of the Nepali victims had served in the Nepali security forces before going to Afghanistan, according to a MoFA official.
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/12-nepalis-killed-kabul-suicide-blast/
At least 12 Nepali security guards were killed in an early morning terrorist attack in Kabul today.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.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.Most of the Nepali victims had served in the Nepali security forces before going to Afghanistan, according to a MoFA official.
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/12-nepalis-killed-kabul-suicide-blast/