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date_range 2021-08-16 10:28:15.0Nepal prepares to evacuate citizens from Afghanistan
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Kathmandu: The Nepal government has started evacuating and repatriating its citizens from the crisis-ridden Afghanistan after the Taliban capture of the South Asian nation.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that his government will provide protection to all Nepalis in Afghanistan waiting to be rescued.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are about 1,500 Nepalis in Afghanistan, including Nepalis that are deployed in UN missions and embassies of different countries.
But there are also data that over 14,000 Nepali citizens have reached Afghanistan for seeking jobs through the informal channels but the Nepal government is lacking the data.
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