Home Office pauses removal of three Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Bam Bahadur Gurung, wearing a green T-shirt, on the RAF evacuation flight from Kabul in August 2021. Photograph: Bam Gurung

The Home Office has paused plans to remove three Nepali guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan to their home country, while releasing a fourth from detention.

Bam Bahadur Gurung, a 37-year-old Nepali national who worked in Afghanistan for more than a decade, was released from detention on Wednesday afternoon.