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.