It’s a cruel act
The Himalayan Times
22
June 2016
It’s a cruel act
Millions of Nepali migrant workers are
found legally and illegally working in many parts of the world due to lack of
employment opportunities in the country. So far, the government does not seem
bothered about retaining them in the country by creating jobs. Instead, we are happy
to collect billions of rupees as remittance from Nepali workers abroad every
month. A number of these migrant workers are in the jails for overstaying and
possessing illegal documents. And, some of them are lying on the hospital beds
in an unconscious state for many months and some of them have become disabled and
even lost their lives.
Every Nepali, whoever heard the killings of
12 Nepali by suicide blast in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan on Monday
morning, must have been shocked “12 Nepalis killed in Kabul suicide blast”
(THT, 21 June, Page 1). There is no appropriate word for condemning such a gruesome
and inhuman act while seven other Nepali workers were injured. It is the
deadliest attack on unarmed Nepali migrant workers abroad since the brutal
murder of a dozen Nepali hostages by an Islamic extremist outfit in Iraq in August 2004. Many manpower companies
and business houses were attacked and destroyed by the people in rage.
The government should find out as to why
the Nepali migrant workers were targeted in the Kabul attack and whether they were legally
working there or not. It is the duty of the concerned ministry and department
also to ensure that the other migrant workers in Afghanistan are working in the green zone areas as
permitted by the government. The government should take this attack seriously
and ensure that other Nepali migrant workers in Afghanistan will be safe in the coming days. It is good
to know that the government has officially announced that it will give Rs one
million as compensation to the families of the migrant workers who were killed
in Kabul terrorist attack “Compensation for
victims’ kin” (THT, 21 June, Page 1).
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj.
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