Claims of former rebels training Indian Naxalites have deepened the disagreements between Maoist rebels and the government of Nepal.
Nepal: Rebels with a Reason
The uneasy co-existence of a Maoist rebel army and the national army leaves Nepal and its neighbors on edge.
Poltical deadlock in Nepal has meant continuous delays for the election of a new prime minister, not to mention a major impediment to passing the country's budget and promulgating a new constitution.
Nepal’s former Maoist insurgents from the People's Liberation Army pass their time in camps where revolutionary ideology is thriving. Are they integrating or preparing for the next fight?
A heated debate between Nepal's government and the Maoists over how to integrate thousands of former rebels into the national forces has brought the Himalayan nation to a standstill.
For a decade, he carried a 9mm pistol and battled government forces in almost every corner of Nepal as part of a Maoist insurgency that ravaged this majestic Himalayan nation.
Following a peace agreement in 2006, the Nepalese government and Maoists have engaged in heated debate over how to integrate the thousands of members of the People's Liberation Army into the national forces.
As the political future of Nepal still lingers in the air, about 19,000 former Maoist combatants are waiting to find out what the future has in store for their fate.
It is half past four and Comrade Pawel is already gathering his troops. Under his command, about a dozen young members of the People’s Liberation Army – all clad in bright blue and yellow – are going down to the field by the river for a battle against Comrade Gurans and his dozen men.
If understanding the political upheaval in Nepal seems confusing, that is because it is.
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Anup is an award-winning multimedia journalist who currently works for the Washington Post. His work has appeared in theAtlantic.com, The Globe and Mail, Forbes.com, The Kathmandu Post...