The attack five years ago focused attention on the little-known but crucial role that Nepali security personnel play in protecting officials, diplomats and companies in Afghanistan. But Nepal, a landlocked country in the Himalayas, is one of the poorest in Asia, making security jobs abroad look appealing. Reports from Afghanistan suggest the Taliban are tracking those who worked with Western countries. The government of Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepal’s new prime minister, is urging Western nations to help rescue Nepali security guards while they evacuate their own citizens from Kabul. “We have made some diplomatic efforts to coordinate their evacuation,” Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepal’s minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs, said in an interview with The New York Times.

Source: International New York Times August 23, 2021 09:00 UTC