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class="infobox-title">Afghanistan-Nepal relations</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map indicating locations of Afghanistan and Nepal"><img alt="Map indicating locations of Afghanistan and Nepal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png/250px-Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png/375px-Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png/500px-Afghanistan_Nepal_Locator.png 2x" data-file-width="837" data-file-height="491" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lightgrey"></th></tr><tr style="height:0.6em"> <td style="background:#339933;"></td> <td style="background:#E08020;"></td> </tr><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%; text-align:center"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/90px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%; text-align:center; border-left:thin solid lightgrey;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/37px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/49px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></th> </tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Afghanistan–Nepal relations</b> refer to the <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomatic relations">diplomatic relations</a> between <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. Nepal has relations with the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Islamic Republic of Afghanistan</a> through its <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_Afghanistan,_New_Delhi" title="Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi">Embassy in New Delhi</a>. The two countries have had long bilateral relations and both are members of the <a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a> (SAARC). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghanistan%E2%80%93Nepal_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afghan-Nepali relations date back to the time of the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">First Anglo-Afghan War</a>. Thousands of Nepali troops of the early <a href="/wiki/Gurkha" title="Gurkha">Gurkha</a> units joined the British "Army of the Indus" in the 1839 invasion. It is not known how many of these Gurkhas were killed in the war. Hundreds of these fighters were also at <a href="/wiki/Charikar" title="Charikar">Charikar</a> fort under siege, of which only one managed to survive a dangerous journey to the British cantonment in the <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-second_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nepali Gurkhas were also assigned by the British at the Afghan-Indian border where they had frequent skirmishes with local Afghan <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</a>. Nepali soldiers were also sent by prime minister <a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shumsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1919%E2%80%931920)" title="Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)">Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)</a> at the border.<sup id="cite_ref-second_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Official diplomatic relations began on July 1, 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-gov_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gurkha fighters of the United Kingdom fought as part of NATO's <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a> (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-second_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Prince_Harry,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex">Prince Harry</a> also served as part of this force in Afghanistan in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-royal_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-royal-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Afghan president <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a> visited Nepal in 2014 to meet the Nepali president <a href="/wiki/Ram_Baran_Yadav" title="Ram Baran Yadav">Ram Baran Yadav</a>. They discussed ways to deepen bilateral relations, particularly within the framework of the SAARC.<sup id="cite_ref-gov2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gov2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a>, Nepali Gurkha security guards hired by private contractors played a crucial role in protecting diplomatic places and officials in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As many as 15,000 were in the country, attracted by the good wages, despite the volatile situation in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-nepalitimes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nepalitimes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, 14 Nepali contractors protecting the Canadian Embassy in Kabul <a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">were killed</a> in a suicide attack.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Fall of Kabul (2021)</a>, the Nepali government attempted to evacuate all its nationals from Afghanistan. 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