While two of those injured were discharged from hospital later on Saturday after treatment, another injured is expected to be discharged from the hospital in the next one or two days, according to Nepali embassy in Pakistan, which is concurrently accredited to Afghanistan. [break]
“I am in constant touch with Nepalis living in Kabul. There was no casualty of any Nepali nationals in the incident,” said ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan Bharat Raj Poudyal. None of them received bullet injury, but were hit by grenade shrapnels and concrete pieces during the attack that ensued after hours-long exchanges of fires between Afghan security personnel and Taliban militants.
Envoy Poudel quoting Dhan Prasad Gurung, an employee of IDG Security Company that provides security to the IOM office in Kabul, said all injured are fully insured and they do not have any problem for treatment. “I have been told that the Nepali security guards working for the company have already communicated to the families of the injured in Nepal about the incident,” the envoy told Republica.
Earlier, Associated Press had reported that a Nepali guard and an Afghan police officer were killed after Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked the IOM office. Nepali security guards have been providing inner security to the IOM office.
However, Kabul-based Nepali journalist Subel Bhandari said in his twitter that altogether four Nepali security guards were injured in Kabul. While one of the injured left the hospital immediately after receiving primary treatment Friday night, the two others were discharged later Saturday.
The hours-long street battle with police in the heart of Kabul is the second such attack in the city in just over a week. The attack also left four IOM workers, including an Italian woman, wounded. Thirteen police personnel were wounded while all six attackers died in the incident, AP quoted authorities as saying.
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