Kathmandu, June 22: The dead
bodies of 12 Nepalese killed in the Kabul
terrorist attack were brought to Kathmandu on
Wednesday afternoon.
A Nepal Airlines Corporation
(NAC) aircraft fetched the dead bodies.
A team led by Prakash Subedi,
chief of South Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), flew to
the Afghan capital earlier in the morning.
Twenty-four Nepalis working in Afghanistan
also returned to the country in the same flight.
Acting ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan
who is also accredited to Afghanistan Tirtha Raj Aryal had reached Kabul on Tuesday to
coordinate the repatriation of the remains and treatment of those who sustained
injuries.
The aircraft brought the dead
bodies of Chandra Bahadur Rana, Bidur Bahadur Subedi, Hari Bahadur Baduwal of
Kathmandu, Madhu Sudan Koirala, Dambar Bahadur Tamang and Lil Bahadur Gurung of
Nuwakot, Krishna Bahadur Dhungana of Chitwan, Amrit Bahadur Thapa of Lamjung,
Suk Bahadur Gurung of Syangja, Jitendra Singh Thapa of Rupandehi, Nabin Bahadur
Kshetri of Parbat and Ankur Tamang of Sunsari district.
Final rites of Rana, Subedi,
Baduwal and Koirala were performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Wednesday while the
rest were carried to their respective districts.
Home Ministry informed that the
mortal remains of the rest were carried to the districts in Nepalese Army
helicopters and sky-truck.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
reached the Tribhuvan
International Airport
He expressed his condolences to
the kith and kin of the deceased.
He condemned the cold blooded
murder and said it was unfortunate that innocent Nepalese who had no relations as
well as grudge with the Taliban were killed brutally.
PM Oli was accompanied by Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa, Home Minister
Shakti Basnet, Minister for Labour and Employment Dipak Bohora, Tourism
Minister Ananda Pokharel and Minister of State at Ministry of Federal Affairs
and Local Development.
Twelve 12 Nepali and two Indian
with Nepali origin security guards working at the Canadian Embassy died in the
gruesome attack while seven were injured.
The
government in collaboration with the Afghan government sent 5 injured - Krishna
Kumar Deuja, Prem Bahadur Kshetri, Chet
Prasad Sherchan, Kumar Bahadur Gurung and Amrit Rokaya - to New Delhi , India
They are
getting their treatment at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi
while preparations are under way to bring Man Bahadur Thapa and Chyangba Tamang
to New Delhi via
air ambulance.
He extended his
condolences to the families of the victims and to the Governments of
Afghanistan and Nepal
He demanded those
responsible for the indiscriminate attacks to be brought to justice.
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