KATHMANDU, 16 August 2021, (TON): The International Relations Committee under the House of Representatives has instructed the government to resort to all diplomatic means for the immediate evacuation of all Nepalis in Afghanistan.

Stating that the Nepali citizens could be left in the lurch while the Taliban insurgents were trying to take over Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and violence were being ensued in one of the SAARC member states.

The Committee has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evacuate Nepalis from Afghanistan to Nepal at the earliest.

Secretary at the MoFA Bharatraj Poudyal said that they had been observing the incidents in Afghanistan for some time now and the Ministry was seriously working towards repatriating Nepalis from there.

Poudyal said “the condition of Afghanistan was turning from bad to worse. The government is concerned about the security of Nepalis there. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking the issue into serious consideration and coordinating efforts with Nepali Embassy in New Delhi in India to rescue Nepalis there.”