KATHMANDU - Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa expressed deep sorrow over the killing of 14 Nepalese nationals in Afghanistan on Monday.
"I am saddened with the death of our Nepalese nationals in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. I pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the incident," the prime minister said on Twitter.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Thapa, on Twitter, said, "Shocked to hear the death of 14 Nepalese in a terrorist attack in Kabul today. Strongly condemn this heinous crime against innocent people. "
A spokesman at the Nepalese Ministry for Foreign Affairs said the Nepalese Embassy in Islamabad, which is concurrently accredited to Afghanistan, is in touch with the authorities in Kabul following the incident.
"We will release details about the Nepalese killed in the incident. Our embassy in Pakistan is constantly in touch with the Kabul authorities," spokesman at the ministry, Bharat Raj Paudyal,  told Xinhua.
Those Nepalese were killed after a suicide bomber struck a bus carrying security personnel in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday morning.
The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan stated in a press release that a suicide bomber targeted a minibus which was carrying employees working for a foreign company at 05:40 a.m. local time.
"As a result, 14 foreign (Nepalese citizen) were killed and nine others were wounded including five Nepalese and four Afghans, " the ministry said. (Xinhua)