Nepal’s Ambassador to Canada KaliPrasad Pokhrel has been instructed to take necessary process to claim compensation for the victims’ kin, informed a Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Charge d’Affairs of Nepal to Pakistan, Tirtha Raj Aryal, who concurrently looks after Afghanistan, has also told that to meet Kabul-based Canadian embassy officials.
Total 147 Nepali citizens — mostly former staffers of Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police — used to security guard the Canadian mission. The Canadian Embassy had not recruited the ill-fated Nepalis directly, but had hired them via a British security consultancy firm, Sebre International.
The families of those killed and those injured have said the Canadian government had done precious little to assuage their feelings even after the deadly attack claimed by Taliban. A high-level meeting held at the foreign ministry discussed ways to get “maximum compensation” for the victims and concluded to make diplomatic efforts for the effect.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa, Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Labour and Employment Minister Deepak Bohara, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Ananda Raj Pokhrel and acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Baldev Raj Mat and Chief of Nepal Police Upendra Aryal attended metting.
The meeting conclud a decision to make available Rs 1 million compensation for victim families of deceased and evacuate those Nepalis who want to return home from Afghanistan, according to an official.
The body of Chyangwa Tamang, who succumbed to blast injuries in Kabul on Wednesday, his dead body arrived at friday morning in kathmandu.
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