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Maoist rebels break 7-month-old cease-fire with Nepal govt
Kathmandu, Aug 27: Maoist rebels today declared they were breaking a 7-month-old cease-fire with Nepal`s government and withdrawing from peace talks aimed at ending seven years of insurgency.
Kathmandu, Aug 27: Maoist rebels today declared
they were breaking a 7-month-old cease-fire with Nepal's
government and withdrawing from peace talks aimed at ending
seven years of insurgency.
In a statement, the rebels' leader, Prachanda, said
they had ended the cease-fire agreement reached with the
government in January.
Since declaring the cease-fire, the rebels and
government have held three rounds of peace talks. The last
one held last week ended in a deadlock.
The insurgents, who say they are inspired by Chinese
communist revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, began fighting in
1996 to abolish Nepal's constitutional monarchy and set up a
socialist state.
More than 7,000 people have been killed since then.
The rebels declared a cease-fire in January and agreed to peace talks after the government stopped calling them terrorists, rescinded bounties on their leaders and canceled a notice to Interpol seeking their arrest.
Bureau Report
More than 7,000 people have been killed since then.
The rebels declared a cease-fire in January and agreed to peace talks after the government stopped calling them terrorists, rescinded bounties on their leaders and canceled a notice to Interpol seeking their arrest.
Bureau Report