Nine Nepali workers were wounded in Taliban bomb and gun assault on their base in Afghan Capital of Kabul on Thursday, Nepali Embassy in New Delhi said. The injured Nepalis were working for G4S, one of the world's largest security groups that guard the area around the British embassy in Kabul.

Deputy Chief of Mission at Nepali Embassy in New Delhi, Bharat Kumar Regmi said six of the Nepalis have been badly wounded but are out of danger.  He said the injured have been undergoing treatment at various hospitals and their status and identity have been established. They have sustained burns, bullet and shrapnel injuries in their abdomen, leg and head.

According to media reports, five people were killed and thirty-two others including nine Nepali people were injured in the attack.

Afghan interior ministry said Gunmen stormed the compound after a car bomb was detonated outside, sparking a fierce gun battle that left dozens injured.

Charlie Burbridge, managing director of G4S Risk Management Group, told the BBC that the "unprovoked, criminal attack" left 32 of its employees injured, five of them seriously.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The injured are Tara Bahadur Rai, of Shiddhartha Nagar-2, Rupandehi; Tej Prasad Acharya, of Damak-14, Jahapa; Durga Prasad Uprety, Indrapur-8, Morang; Bir Bahadur Thapa Magar, of Nilkantha VDC-2, Dhading; Shyam Kumar Thapa Magar, Balkhu-14, Kathmandu; Laxman Thumbahamphe, Sabla-1, Terhathum; Pemba Sherpa, Sanghu-9, Taplejung; Dal Bahadur Thapa, Chauthe-14, Pokhara, Kaski;  and Prakash Thapa, Rupakot-6, Tanahun.  

In July 26, 12 Nepali security guards working for Canadian Embassy were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew a minibus they were travelling in the Afghan capital, Kabul.