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Will leave Afghanistan if our security not ensured: Nepali guards
Nepali migrant workers deployed for the security of British Embassy in Kabul have expressed their sadness for not being able to communicate their problems with Nepal’s acting ambassador to Afghanistan Tirtha Raj Aryal during the latter’s visit to British Embassy.Hom Karki
Nepali migrant workers deployed for the security of British Embassy in Kabul have expressed their sadness for not being able to communicate their problems with Nepal’s acting ambassador to Afghanistan Tirtha Raj Aryal during the latter’s visit to British Embassy.
Aryal visited the British Embassy on Friday to take stock of the situation of Nepali security guards. He held meetings with Nepali workers from 12 pm to 2pm (local time). “We are happy that our ambassador came to assess our situation. But we were not allowed to put forth our views in a group,” said a Nepali security guard deputed for the security of British Embassy. “Only two-three of our colleagues were allowed to speak. But they could not express our problems freely.”
The disgruntled Nepali workers have urged the Nepali Embassy to make arrangement for the ambassador to visit Anjuman Camp, where they reside, and hold group discussions with them.
American security services company, G4S Secure Solution, have deployed nearly 400 Nepali guards for the security of British Embassy, diplomatic staffers, and Common Wealth Office in Kabul.
“If only a few people are allowed to speak, we will be under the company’s target. We want to tell the ambassador about the challenges we have been facing. But we didn’t get opportune time for it,” said the Nepali, who has been working for the past nine years.
The company officials only showed the place where white-skinned people live but not the place where Nepalis live. They expressed their worries that they were being transported to their workplace from the camp without security arrangement. They have requested the Nepali Embassy to try and ask the company management to make arrangement for their stay in the same place where they stay.
“Earlier, only white-people were under the target of Taliban. Now Nepalis are also under target,” said another Nepali, who has been staying in Afghanistan for the past nine years. “It is difficult for us to work in Afghanistan under the current security situation,” he said, adding that they are considering leaving Afghanistan if arrangements were not made for their security.