KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nepal has banned its nationals from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria after 13 Nepali security guards were killed by a Taliban suicide bomber in the Afghan capital earlier this week, Labour Minister Deepak Bohara said on Friday.
The decision comes after a parliamentary panel ordered Prime Minister K.P. Oli's government to crack down on traffickers who send thousands of migrants each year to conflict-torn countries where they can often face danger or exploitation.
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