In Afghanistan + Iraq Wars, the US has relied on contractor companies that hire workers from poor countries e.g. Nepal as guards, drivers, cooks, and more. US law guarantees compensation for injuries and deaths, but the US government doesn’t do enough to enforce the law. (1/5)

Chandra Pun Magar of Kohalpur, Banke was killed on September 2, 2019 during a Taliban attack on a contractors’ compound in Kabul. His employer, the multinational corp GardaWorld, provided his widow less compensation than the law requires. (2/5)

Kishor Singh Thakuri worked for a subcontractor of Kellogg Brown and Root in Iraq. After he was accidentally shot by US soldiers in 2008, he received only $2,000 in compensation. He still has three bullets in his body and can’t run or lift heavy objects. (3/5)

Political anthropologist @NoahSCoburn estimates 50,000 Nepalis have worked in Afghanistan since the beginning of the US war. According US Department of Labor records, Nepalis have filed only 200 injury or death claims in Afghanistan. (4/5)

Many Nepalis remain uncompensated for injuries or deaths and are unaware of their rights. Read the full story here (5/5) https://kathmandupost.com/national/2020/08/31/cheap-nepali-deaths-in-us-war-zones