Suicide Bomb Victims Bodies Brought back Home

The bodies were handed over to their kin after
laying garlands on the bodies, Home Ministry Spokesperson Yadav Prasad
Koirala said. Koirala added that the government has arranged for
transporting the bodies to the home district of the deceased.<br><p><br>The government chartered the Nepal Airlines Corporation
(NAC) aircraft to bring home 12 dead bodies including 24 other Nepali
migrant workers. Among the injured five were taken to New Delhi in India
for treatment while other two are receiving treatment in Kabul. The NAC
plane landed at 2: 40 pm as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Prime
Minister Kamal Thapa and Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet arrived at
the airport. <br><br>The mortal
remains of 12 Nepali nationals killed in the suicide terrorist attack
on Monday in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, were brought to Nepal
today. <br><b><br></b></p><p><b>IRLC DIRECTS GOVT TO COMPENSATE KIN OF THOSE NEPALIS KILLED IN KABUL SUICIDE BOMBING <br></b><br>The International Relations and Labour Committee (IRLC) of the Legislature Parliament today directed the government to provide appropriate compensation to the kins of those killed in Kabul suicide bombing and provide treatment for the injured. <br><br>The committee's meeting today also paid tributes to those killed in the attack, wished for speedy recovery and good health of those injured and extended condolence to the bereaved families. The meeting also condemned the attack terming it a terrorist act. <br><br>Twelve Nepali migrants were killed and seven injured when a suicide bomber hit a minibus in Kabul in Afghanistan on June 20 carrying Nepali security guards who worked for the Canadian embassy. One of the injured is reported to be in serious condition.<br><br>The meeting also thanked the government for promptly sending a Nepali aircraft to Kabul to bring back the bodies of those killed but directed it to bring facts of the incident to light. <br><br>The meeting directed the government to arrange and help those Nepalis in war-torn countries including Afghanistan return back home if they wish so. <br><br>Cautioning that such incidents should not repeat, the meeting directed the government and Ministry of Labour and Employment to strictly implement the provision barring Nepalis leaving for foreign employment without labour permit and taking action against those manpower agencies and agents sending them for foreign employment without labour permit. <br><br>The meeting also directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Labour Ministry to initiate effective diplomatic relations with respective countries including India serving an illegal way for Nepalis heading to foreign countries for job in order to curb such illegal passage. <br><br>They also demanded that the families of the Nepalis killed in the attack be compensated and their children be provided with schooling free of cost. <br><br><br><b>KILLING OF INNOCENT NEPALIS COWARDLY AND INHUMAN: PM OLI<br></b><br>Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the murder of innocent Nepalis who had gone to Afghanistan in course of employment is 'cowardly and inhumane'. <br><br>Paying tributes to the 12 Nepalis who died in the suicide attack in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Monday after their bodies were brought by plane at Tribhuvan International Airport today, the Prime Minister denounced the act of killing the Nepalis who were innocent and unrelated but working only with service motive in Afghanistan. <br><br>The government chartered a Nepal Airlines Corporation plane and brought home the mortal remains of the Nepalis killed in the attack. PM Oli also wished speedy recovery to all those injured in the attack. He said the bodies would be handed over to the families of the deceased and that arrangements have been made for taking the bodies to the places concerned. <br><br>Stating how the bereaved families could be helped would be decided after holding discussions on the same once the rescue work is over, PM Oli said, "The government has done its bit as per the priority and we are mulling about the kind of assistance to be provided to the affected families after holding discussions regarding further work."&nbsp; Twenty-four Nepalis who wanted to voluntarily return home after quitting their jobs in Afghanistan also came on the same flight.<br><br></p>