Army deployed to counter insurgency in Nepal KATMANDU, Nepal, Oct 12 -- Nepal deployed its army to fight the Maoist guerrillas in the northwestern section of the country.

A visit to the heartland of the Maoist rebellion in Nepal reveals more about the roots of this decade-long civil war and its effects on women and children.

“They even use innocent children as human shields to protect them from the security forces,” said Brig. Gen. Bed Kumar Sharma, chief of the Royal Nepalese Army’s human rights office.

No closure after Nepal’s insurgency Sixteen years after the conflict ended, families still struggle for transitional justice ...

Last year, the Salute Gorkha Training Center sent five young men in training to join the British Army. Seventeen-year-old ...

The Royal Nepal Army fired without warning from helicopters on student protesters this month, injuring approximately 20 students, according to reports received by a Nepali human-rights activist in ...

When Nepal's ruling Maoist party signed a landmark deal in November allowing former guerrillas to retire, retrain in a new career, or become part of the Nepali army, few predicted that the ...

He is Kundan Nagal from one of Nepal’s remotest districts, Darchula. Five years ago he had retired from Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF), a group that was formed in 2000 before the Nepal Army got ...

In a post on X, the Indian Army said, "The opening ceremony of 18th edition of Exercise Surya Kiran, a joint military exercise between India and Nepal, was held today at the Nepal Army Battle ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], December 31 (ANI): The 18th edition of Joint Military Exercise "Surya Kiran" between the Nepali Army and the Indian Army commenced on Tuesday. The exercise was inaugurated by ...

More than 13,000 have been killed in this war by both Maoists and the Royal Nepalese Army; tens of thousands have been displaced. Compounding that problem, men often leave villages to find work in ...

When Nepal's ruling Maoist party signed a landmark deal in November allowing former guerrillas to retire, retrain in a new career, or become part of the Nepali army, few predicted that the ...