KATHMANDU, Jan. 26 -- The recruitment is illegal, say the Nepali stakeholders concerned

The Qatari government has recruited Nepali youths in its police force without any agreement with the Government of Nepal. Any country must have an agreement while recruiting citizens of another country into its security forces. Despite Nepal's labor agreement with Qatar, there is no agreement between the two countries to recruit Nepali youths into the security forces of Qatar.

Nepal has signed agreements with Malaysia, Singapore and India to allow Nepali youths to join their security forces. Nepal and these three countries have also reached an agreement in this regard. But no such agreement has been reached with Qatar so far.

Nepal has already shown...