January 1
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12 insurgents, including
the vice-chairman of Maoist
‘village government’, surrender at the district administration
office in Okhaldhunga.
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January 2
|
United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTC)
reportedly suspend their food-for-work programme in Bajura district
following Maoist looting at the Phuldev Mandau Village Development
Committee (VDC) area on December 28, 2003.
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January 3
|
A group of armed
Maoist insurgents kill two workers in the district forest office
at Chadranigahapur in Rautahat.
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January 4
|
Three security force
(SF) personnel are killed and 26 persons, including eight civilians,
are injured when Maoist insurgents ambushed a SF convoy at Jalbire
in the Narayanghat-Mugling sector. In the retaliatory fire, one
insurgent is killed by the SFs.
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January 6
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Maoists kill at least
two soldiers and injure 10 others during an ambush at Nunthala
in the Khotang district.
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January 7
|
World Bank cautions
Nepal in its Country Assistance Strategy 2004 – 2007, over the
deteriorating security situation and warns that "it would
drift into a -failed state- if the eight-year-old Maoist conflict
is not resolved in time."
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January 9
|
Police arrests three
Indian arms smugglers in eastern Nepal for allegedly supplying
arms to the Nepali Maoists.
The ‘economic report’
released by Maoists at Dhungesanghu Village Development Committee
(VDC) area in the Taplejung district says that apart from donations,
income tax, levy and other taxes, the main source of income for
the Maoists is through extortions from tourists and those associated
with the tourism industry.
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January 12
|
After an agreement
between the Maoists’ student wing ANNISU (R) and school administrations,
35 schools in the Mugu district resume functioning.
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January 13
|
17 Maoist insurgents
are killed in separate incidents across the country.
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January 15
|
SFs kill four insurgents,
including the Maoist ‘peoples government’ chief, in Hatiya Village
Development Committee (VDC) area of Sankhuasabha district.
Maoist insurgents
kill the Mayor of Birgunj and member of the Rastriya Prajatantra
Party (RPP), Gopal Giri, at Bahuaari in the Birgunj district.
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January 17
|
Three Maoist insurgents,
including a woman cadre, are killed during an encounter at Mulpani
VDC area in the Dhading district.
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January 18
|
Maoists kill four
SF personnel in the Dadeldhura district and a Nepali Congress
activist in Morang district.
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January 19
|
A statement issued
by the ‘Eastern Brigade’ of the Maoist People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) claims that the insurgents have killed 21 soldiers during
the past 72 hours.
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January 21
|
SFs kill at least
14 Maoists in separate incidents, including seven in Laisepai
and three at Gongatai area in Dolakha district, two in Singati
and one each in Ghatang VDC of Myagdi and Gurjapa in the Dolaka
district.
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January 22
|
Nine Maoist insurgents
are killed during separate SF operations, including four in the
Udaypur district, three in Sindhupalchowk district and one each
in Dhading and Kavre district.
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January 23
|
The Human Rights
Committee of Nepal Bar Association says that 254 civilians have
disappeared in the last four months, including 89 from Biratnagar,
68 each from Kathmandu and Pokhara, 13 from Hetaunda, 10 from
Nepalgunj and 6 from Mahendranagar.
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January 26
|
Maoist insurgents
abduct at least 150 secondary level school students to participate
in their mass meetings from Bannatoli VDC area in the Achham district.
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January 28
|
Home Ministry spokesperson
Gopendra Bahadur Pandey says that the Government has launched
a ‘Unified Command’ security system in the Kathmandu Valley to
systematize the law and order situation and to curb Maoist activities.
Royal Nepal Army
(RNA) spokesperson, Deepak Gurung states that the SFs have killed
1270 Maoist insurgents during separate combat operations and 118
SF personnel were also killed since the end of ceasefire on August
27, 2003.
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January 31
|
During the 5th
meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between India and Nepal
on border management, both sides reiterate their commitment not
to allow their respective territories to be used for activities
directed against each other and also to curb terrorist activities
along the border areas.
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February 1
|
Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) conducts an aerial
attack against a Maoist insurgents’ base in the Mahat Village
Development Committee (VDC) area of Rukum district.
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February 2
|
Maoists abduct 65 students from different places
in the Achham district.
Home Secretary level meeting between India and
Nepal begins in Kathmandu to discuss border management and strengthen
the extradition treaty.
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February 3
|
Security forces kill six Maoists, including two
women cadres, in the Dhanusha, Bardiya and Gorkha districts.
A court in Chennai, India, extends judicial remand
of Chandra Prakash Gajurel alias Gaurav, Politburo member of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) for two weeks. He was arrested
at Chennai Airport on August 20, 2003.
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February 4
|
Prachanda says the CPN-M will accept United Nations
mediation or monitoring for a peaceful settlement of the insurgency.
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February 6
|
10 insurgents are killed during different operations
by the security forces across the country.
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February 7
|
Seven Maoists are killed in Jhumla district.
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February 8
|
Indian authorities arrest two Maoist leaders,
Matrika Prasad Yadav and Suresh Ale Magar, from Lucknow in the
State of Uttar Pradesh and repatriated them to Nepalese authorities.
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February 11
|
The Maoists abduct at least 700 people to participate
in their ‘anniversary celebrations’ from the Bhaiswale region
of Achham district.
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February 12
|
At least ten Maoist insurgents are killed by
the troops during separate encounters in the Parsa, Sarlahi, Bara
and in Dhading districts.
Home Ministry spokesperson, Gopendra Bahadur
Pandey, announces the extension of amnesty programme to the Maoist
insurgents and states that more than 340 Maoists have surrendered
before the administration.
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February 14
|
King Gyanendra visits the insurgency-affected
districts of Rukum and Jajarkot as part of his unofficial tour
to mid western Nepal.
13 Maoists are killed during separate clashes
with troops in the Sindhuli, Nuwakot, Sunsari, Dhading, Panchtar
and Gulmi districts.
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February 15
|
Maoists kill the President of Nepal Maoist Victims’
Association, Ganesh Chilwal, at Bagbazaar in the capital Kathmandu.
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February 16
|
More than 60 Maoists are killed in a SF operation
at the Kotbada and Malkot areas of Kalikot district.
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February 17
|
Maoists kill a former member of the National
Assembly and chairman of the district committee of the Nepali
Congress (Democratic), Khem Narayan Foujdar, at Butaha in the
Nawalparasi district.
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February 19
|
Security forces kill seven Maoist insurgents
at Pedari in the Banke district.
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February 20
|
Spokesperson of the Home Ministry, Gopendra Bahadur
Pandey, says that over 10,000 people have lost their lives during
the course of insurgency in the last eight years. 1122 police
personnel, 372 Royal Nepal Army soldiers and 172 Armed Police
Force personnel are killed during this period. Over 6600 Maoists
are killed in the offensives. He further disclosed that 1175 civilians
lost their lives in the last eight years.
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February 21
|
Maoists abduct at least 300 students and six
teachers from a school at Holeree village in the Rolpa district
of western Nepal.
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February 23
|
Maoists abduct at least 200 people from five
different VDCs including Thanti, Sodsa, Bindhabasini, Kuskot and
Rishidaha in the Achham district.
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February 24
|
The insurgents abduct 44 school teachers from
Sugarkhal in the Kailali district, six girls from Dhigomandu area
in the Achham district and six other civilians from Nawalparasi
district.
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February 25
|
Four French tourists are injured in a land mine
blast, allegedly triggered by the Maoists, at Jhalari in Kanchanpur
district.
Maoists abduct at least 60 school students from
Birendranagar in the Rukum district.
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February 26
|
SFs recover 150 sacks of socket bombs from a
Maoist hideout during an operation at Chadikhola jungle in the
Rautahat district.
RNA spokesperson Deepak Gurung officially confirms
the arrest in India of two Maoist leaders Matrika Prasad Yadav
and Suresh Ale Magar.
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February 28
|
Maoists abduct a member of the Raj Parishad (Royal
Council) and former Minister, Shekh Sarajul, from his residence
at Raghunathpur in the Rauthahat district.
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March 1
|
Maoists announce a ‘People’s government’ in Dang
district under Indrajeet Chaudhari as 'chief' and Dama Sharma
as 'vice-chief'. Naradmani Pokharel, Sumitra Tharu, Laxmi Chaudhari
and Sapana Chaudhari are appointed as ‘members’.
Security forces kill 12 Maoist insurgents during
separate operations, including three 'area commanders' and a cadre
in Rupandehi, in Doti and Kailali districts.
Two children are killed in a bomb blast at Chuchure
in Ramechhap district.
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March 3
|
32 SF personnel and 37 Maoist insurgents are
killed (according to a final report by Home Minister Kamal Thapa
on March 6) and 23 others injured in fierce fighting between SFs
and a group of Maoists, numbering around 1500 to 2000, in the
Bhojpur district.
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March 4
|
Two Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel are killed
and seven others injured in a Maoist explosion on a security force
patrol team at Harioun in the Sarlahi district.
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March 5
|
18 Maoists surrender before the Sindhuli district
administration authorities.
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March 6
|
Maoists release Raj Parishad member and former
Minister Shekh Sarajul, earlier abducted from the Rauthahat district
on February 28.
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March 11
|
Maoists abduct 54 people, including 35 teachers,
from the Jogbudha VDC area in Dadeldhura district and 19 students
from Gwalichour VDC in the Baglung district.
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March 13
|
Home Ministry spokesperson Gopendra Bahadur Pandey
during a press conference says that 2178 people, including 1534
Maoists, 365 security force personnel and 279 civilians, have
been killed since the breakdown of cease-fire in August 2003.
Further, he stated that 160 police personnel, 147 RNA soldiers
and 58 APF officials are killed.
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March 14
|
Maoist insurgents’ sets free teachers and students
abducted earlier from Dadeldhura district on March 11.
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March 15
|
Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa while indicating
that the Government is ready to hold a dialogue with the Maoists
rules out any third party mediation, including that of the UN,
in resolving the insurgency.
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March 16
|
11 people are killed in a Maoist triggered landmine
explosion at Royal Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in the Kanchanpur
district.
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March 17
|
Maoist chief Prachanda express his willingness
to hold talks with the Government under the mediation of UN and
International human rights organizations.
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March 19
|
Seven Maoist insurgents are killed and two soldiers
are injured during an operation at Ratomate in the Tasrapu VDC
area of Dhading district.
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March 21
|
A large number of armed Maoists attack Beni Bazaar,
headquarters of the Myagdi district, and capture the jail and
a bank. RNA spokesperson Deepak Gurung claims that at least 500
Maoist insurgents are killed and 200 injured during clashes. The
Maoists also abduct 33 Government officials from Beni Bazaar.
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March 22
|
Insurgents demand the release of three Maoists
leaders, Matrika Prasad Yadav, Suresh Ale Magar and Tilak Sharma
alias Himal, from prison in exchange for the 33 Government officers,
including Chief District Officer and Deputy Superintendent of
Police, abducted by them during clashes at Beni Bazaar in Myagdi
district.
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March 23
|
Troops kill at least 50 Maoist insurgents during
an air-operation in a forest area of Aargal VDC in the Baglung
district.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expresses serious
concern over the recent escalation of conflict and increasing
human rights violations in Nepal.
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March 24
|
In India, Mumbai Police seizes posters urging
the Nepali youths of Mumbai to join the Maoist insurgency.
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March 25
|
Maoist leader Prachanda while welcoming UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan’s call for peace in Nepal emphasizes the need
for UN mediation.
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March 27
|
Home Ministry level talks between India and Nepal
agree to restrict the misuse of free movement across the open
border areas by illegal elements.
Maoists kill an Army officer, Lieutenant Dhan
Bahadur Thapa, at Sohrakhutte in the capital Kathmandu.
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March 29
|
Indian police arrest two Maoist leaders, Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist) standing committee member and 'Eastern
Bureau commander' Mohan Baidhya alias Kiran and Narayan Bikram
Pradhan, a teacher and permanent resident of India, at Darjeeling
in the Siliguri district of West Bengal.
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March 30
|
Insurgents abduct 40 students from different
VDC's in southern Baglung district.
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March 31
|
Insurgents abduct over 1,000 residents from seven
VDCs including Toli, Chhatara, Kailashmandu, Barabis, Kuldevmandu,
Bamtola and Budhiganga in the south-west Bajura district.
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April 1
|
Five agitating political parties led by Nepali
Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and the Communist Party
of Nepal (UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal organize a
‘protest rally’ against the Government and King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
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April 2
|
Prachanda express support for the anti-King agitation
by the political parties and says "Monarchy has tended to take
the nation back to the 18th century."
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April 3
|
Maoists set ablaze 18 Indian tankers along the
Indo-Nepal border in Kanchanpur district and shot dead three Indians
in a separate incident.
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April 4
|
At least nine police personnel are killed in
a Maoist attack on Yadukuha Area Police Post in the Dhanusha district.
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April 5
|
Maoist ambush a security force truck and kill three Royal Nepalese
Army (RNA) personnel and injure seven others in the Bhakunde Besi
area of Kavre district.
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April 6
|
Maoists attack a Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation
aircraft at Chainpur airport in Bajhang district.
Insurgents abduct around 1,500 youths from three
VDC’s in the Kanchanpur district.
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April 9
|
Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) in its
Human Rights Year Book 2004 states that on an average, twelve
persons have been killed every day in insurgency-related incidents
since the collapse of cease-fire in August 2003.
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April 10
|
Government introduces the Terrorist and Destructive
Act (Control and Punishment) through an Ordinance after securing
approval from the King and Council of Ministers.
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April 11
|
Maoists abduct more than 300 civilians from
Bagarkot VDC area in Dhadeldhura district to make them participate
in a ‘people’s mobilization’ campaign being organised in the insurgent
strongholds.
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April 12
|
At least 40 insurgents and seven civilians are
killed during the security forces’ air raid in the Binayak region
of Accham district.
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April 13
|
During an aerial attack launched by the troops
against suspected Maoists, four civilians are killed and 15 others
sustain injuries in the Banayak area of Accham district.
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April 21
|
At least eight Maoists and three police personnel
are killed during a clash in the Pachok VDC area of Lamjung district.
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April 27
|
Maoist insurgents abduct over 500 civilians,
mostly students, from the western districts of Baitadi, Doti and
Darchula.
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April 29
|
Maoists release 41 police personnel captured
during an attack at Pashupatinagar in the Ilam district on April
9. They were freed at Nundhaki in the Sankhuwasabha district amidst
representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross, human
rights activists and media personnel.
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April 30
|
The insurgents allegedly abduct at least 700
persons, mostly Dalits (the poorest and most oppressed in the
Hindu caste system), from the Baitadi and Dadeldhura districts
of western Nepal.
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May 3
|
At least six Maoist insurgents are killed during
a clash with the troops in the Lal Ratanpuri forest area of Bara
district. Among those killed was Thir Bahadur Khadka, a ‘special
company commander’ of the Rauthahat district.
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May 4
|
An armed group of Maoists kill a former captain
of the Indian Army, Dev Bahadur Hamal, in the Parbat district.
The Jalpaiguri District Court in the State of
West Bengal in India refuses to grant bail to Maoist leader Mohan
Baidhya alias Kiran, who was arrested by the Indian police on
March 29 from Siliguri.
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May 5
|
Nepal’s donor agencies during a meeting of the
Nepal Development Forum (NDF) in Kathmandu indicate that without
peace there can be no meaningful development in the country.
|
May 6
|
The meeting of Nepal Development Forum (NDF)
concludes with a "tentative commitment" from the international
donors to provide US $ 560 million to Nepal for the next year.
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May 7
|
The 11-month-old Surya Bahadur Thapa led-Government
collapses after the Prime Minister resigned. During an address
to the nation, Prime Minister Thapa said, "....I have decided
to resign from today." Citing reasons for his resignation, Thapa
said he "did not want the current political impasse in the country
to continue."
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May 8
|
At least seven Maoist insurgents are killed
during separate security forces’ operations in the Nawalparasi
district.
|
May 9
|
At least 15 persons, including six civilians,
are killed and 20 others wounded in the Mainapokhari area of Dolkha
district when Maoist insurgents fired at a passenger bus heading
towards Kathmandu from Jiri.
|
May 11
|
Twelve Maoist insurgents and six soldiers are
killed during a clash at Jogimara in the Dhading district.
|
May 12
|
At least 24 Maoist insurgents and two soldiers
are killed during a clash at Deurali VDC area in the Bhojpur district.
|
May 13
|
At least five police personnel are killed during
a Maoist insurgents’ attack at Bhawapur in the Bardia district.
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May 18
|
Ninety officials from different Village Development
Committees in the Ilam district quit their posts under Maoist
threats.
At least 50 teachers are abducted by the insurgents
from northern parts of Sarlahi district and taken for 'people's
education' training.
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May 20
|
Three insurgents and a soldier are killed during
a clash at Pahalmanpur in the Kailali district.
|
May 24
|
Troops kill a Maoist 'regional commander' and
'bureau member’ of Gandak region, Mukunda Neupane, in an encounter
at Prembasti in the Chitwan district.
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May 27
|
Forty VDC secretaries of Baglung district resign
after the Maoists reportedly abducted Jeet Bahadur BK, the secretary
of Amalachaur VDC, on May 25.
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June 2
|
Sher Bahadur Deuba is appointed as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal.
Police in the eastern Indian State of Bihar arrest
11 Nepalese Maoists, including Chitra Bahadur Shrestha and four
other ‘central committee’ members, from Patna. Besides Shrestha,
Rajendra Thapa and his wife Ranju, Lokendra Bishta, Min Prasad
Chapagain, Anil Sharma and Shyam Yadav were also arrested.
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June 4
|
India’s External Affairs Minister, K Natwar
Singh, on his first official visit to Nepal, says India is committed
to supporting Nepal in combating its problems. The policy of the
new Indian Government is to continue to "extend to the friendly
people of Nepal, India’s full support in their endeavour to overcome
the challenges confronting their country," said Singh.
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June 5
|
Eight insurgents are killed during clashes with
the security forces as they attacked the Gorusinge army barrack
and the Armed Police Force (APF) base at Chandrauta in the Kapilavastu
district.
According to the Agence France-Presse, Switzerland
has proposed to mediate between the Government and the Maoists
in an effort to end the conflict.
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June 7
|
Maoist insurgents abduct at least 500 teachers
and students from 76 schools in different villages of the Jajarkot
district.
|
June 8
|
The pro-Maoist Tharuwan Autonomous Region Janaparisad
(Maoist 'People's Government') set conditions for Non-Government
Organisations operating in the Bardiya district to register with
them.
|
June 9
|
Maoists kill a Police official, Inspector Karna
Bahadur Rawa, in a landmine explosion at Kanachour in the Doti
district
15 RNA personnel are wounded during an ambush in Makwanpur district
An unidentified assailant hurls a petrol bomb
at the residence of Pakistan’s Ambassador to Nepal, Zamir Akram
in Kathmandu.
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June 10
|
Nepal Police arrests four people, including two
Pakistanis, with fake Indian currency worth Rupee 0.4 million
from the capital Kathmandu.
|
June 12
|
Indian police arrests five Nepali Maoists at
Ghodasan in the Purbichamparan district of Bihar State.
|
June 14
|
At least 22 security force personnel are killed
and 16 others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion by the
Maoist insurgents at Khairikhola in the Banke district.
|
June 15
|
Security forces’ kill 10 insurgents and injure
25 others during an encounter in the Tehrathum district.
Maoists impose ban on Indian Hindi films in the
Makwanpur, Dhading, Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts till June 21.
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June 17
|
Maoists issue notices to local businessmen in
the Lahan area of Siraha district instructing them not to pay
taxes to the Government.
Maoist students’ wing, ANNISU, withdraws its
general strike in educational institutions.
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June 21
|
Government withdraws the terrorist designation
imposed on ANNISU-R.
British Government delivers two Islander spy-planes to the RNA.
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June 24
|
Dhankuta-based RNA personnel launch security
operations in nine districts of eastern Nepal, including Sankhuwasabha,
Ilam, Taplejung, Jhapa, Morang, Dhankuta and Sunsari.
|
June 25
|
Maoist kill former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur
Thapa’s cousin, Ramji Thapa, at Muga in the Dhankuta district.
|
June 28
|
Maoist 'People’s Government' in Sindhupalchowk
district announces withdrawal of blockade imposed since June 7
on transportation of goods at the Tatopani border as well in the
Dhading, Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
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June 30
|
The coalition Government releases a 43-point
Common Minimum Programme (CMP) in Kathmandu.
At least 10 Maoist insurgents and one security
force personnel are killed during separate encounters in the Kaski
and Argakhanchi districts.
|
July 1
|
At least six soldiers are wounded when a landmine,
laid allegedly by Maoist insurgents, exploded at Kharegaire in
the Dailekh district.
|
July 2
|
The insurgents shot dead the Mayor of Pokhara
town and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party leader, Harka Bahadur Gurung,
in the Ratnachowk area.
|
July 5
|
12 police personnel and a civilian are killed
in a land mine ambush laid by the Maoist insurgents at Bindhyabasini
village in Parsa district.
Prime Minister Deuba announces a 31-member Council
of Ministers and they were sworn in amidst a ceremony at the Royal
Palace. It comprises 12 ministers from Nepali Congress (Democratic),
11 from Communist Party of Nepal (UML), five from the Rashtriya
Prajatantra Party, one from Nepal Sadhbhawna Party and two ministers
appointed from the civil society.
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July 5
|
At least 12 soldiers and an equal number of
insurgents are killed and more than a dozen others are injured
in a clash near Babai River in the Dang district.
|
July 8
|
Security force personnel kill four Maoists,
including two women cadres, at Kasigaun in the Gorkha district.
|
July 11
|
Troops kill at least seven insurgents in Tarakhola
and another in the Baganai area of Banglung district.
|
July 12
|
Maoists abduct at least 100 civilians from Sanghu,
Dhungsanghu and Niguradin VDC areas in the Taplejung district.
|
July 14
|
Four Maoists, including two women cadres, are
killed during a security force operation in the Sailungeshwor
area of Dolakha district.
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July 15
|
Chairman of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal
Peasants Association (Revolutionary), Bharat Dhungana, and ‘central
committee’ member of the All Nepal National Independent Students
Union (Revolutionary), Baikuntha Pokharel, are killed during a
SF operation in the Dhading district.
|
July 16
|
Sujit Mandal, chief of the Maoist 'people's
government' at Kapileswor in the Dhanusha district, is killed
during a security force operation.
|
July 19
|
During a press conference in Kathmandu, Government
spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communication, Dr
Mohammad Mohsin, states that the Government has formed a talks
committee to start the peace process with the Maoists.
|
July 20
|
Chief of the Maoist insurgents, Pushpa Kamal
Dahal alias Comrade Prachanda, says that there was no possibility
for an immediate ceasefire or talks unless the Government was
ready for a Constituent Assembly and United Nations mediation
to solve the armed conflict.
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July 21
|
At least three security force personnel are
killed in an ambush laid by Maoist insurgents at Chorkhola in
the Shivepur VDC area of Kapilavastu district.
|
July 23
|
Three insurgents, including 'section commander'
Bisham, are killed in a clash with the security forces at Dhudupani
in the Ganeshthan VDC area of Nuwakot district.
|
July 27
|
Maoist-affiliated organizations, the Kirant
Workers Party and Madhesi National Liberation Front, severe ties
with the insurgents.
During a meeting in Kathmandu, Minister for Population
and Environment, Bachaspati Devkota, says that Government is ready
for peace talks with the Maoists and ruled out the possibility
of a unilateral cease-fire from the Government side.
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July 28
|
At least 17 civilians and two soldiers sustain
injuries during a Maoist attack at Sadarline in the Nepalgunj
district.
|
July 29
|
Security forces kill three Maoists while they
were trying to escape from detention at Mithileshwor in the Dhanusha
district.
An armed group of insurgents kill three civilians
accusing them of spying on their activities at Lohaiar VDC area
in the Saptari district.
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August 1
|
Maoists kill three security force personnel
and injure another in a land mine blast at Madanpokhara VDC area
in Palpa district.
Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist
(CPN-UML) General Secretary, Madhav Kumar Nepal, states that he
would pull out of the ruling four-party coalition if the Government
failed to hold peace talks with the insurgents soon.
|
August 2
|
Maoist insurgents kill the former Mayor of Guleriya
Municipality, Rajendra Shrivastav, in Bardiya district.
|
August 4
|
Insurgents kill two police personnel in a landmine
explosion and injure another in the Chakratirtha VDC area of Gorkha
district.
|
August 5
|
At least 12 insurgents are killed and more than
12 others sustain injuries during security force operations that
targeted a Maoist camp at Toribari on the border of Sarlahi and
Sindhuli districts.
|
August 6
|
Indian security forces extradite two Nepali
Maoists, identified as Narendra Kurmi and Om Prakash Loda, and
handed them over to Nepali authorities in Bardia district. The
two were allegedly involved in the murder of former Mayor of Gularia
Municipality, Rajendra Prasad Srivastav.
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August 8
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An army personnel is shot dead and two others
sustain injuries in a Maoist attack on the Mangalgadhi barracks
in the Birendra municipality of Nepalgunj district.
A group of armed insurgents kill two civilians,
identified as Kul Bahadur Rai and Laxmimaya Rai, at the Shitalpati
VDC area in Sankhuwasabha district on charges of being informers
for the security forces.
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August 10
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At least five Maoist insurgents, including three
women cadres, are killed in a clash with the troops at Adichowr
in the Bajura district.
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August 12
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Two civilians die during a bomb explosion carried
out by suspected Maoist insurgents in the Sunaula Bazaar area
of Dhading district.
At a press conference after the meeting of the
Council of Ministers in Kathmandu, Government spokesperson Mohammad
Mohsin announces the formation of a High-level Peace Committee
Nepal headed by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and represented
by the top leaders of the political parties participating in the
coalition.
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August 13
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Three RNA personnel are killed in a clash with
the Maoists at Ratanpur in the Kanchanpur district.
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August 16
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Maoist sources reportedly admit that they had
executed journalist and human rights worker, Dekendra Raj Thapa,
in the Dailekh district on August 11, alleging him of working
against the insurgents ‘people’s regime’.
According to Nepal News, the Maoists have abducted
650 students and teachers from Tilpung in the Ramechhap district.
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August 17
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Citing security reasons and threat from the
Maoists, 89 VDC secretaries of Rautahat district resign en masse.
A Maoist ‘people’s court’ issues ‘execution order’
to ten journalists, including two from the Kantipur publication.
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August 18
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Maoists begin an indefinite blockade of the
capital Kathmandu.
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August 19
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The insurgents kill three civilians, identified
as Makhu Lodha, Naghu Lodha and Prasad Yadav, in the Ama VDC area
of Rupandehi district.
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August 21
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In Jumla district, the security forces kill at
least five insurgents during a clash at Kalanga.
A supply committee is formed under the leadership
of Deputy Prime Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari and five other
ministers to monitor supply management to the Kathmandu valley
in lieu of the Maoist blockade of the capital.
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August 24
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The insurgents call off their weeklong blockade
of the capital Kathmandu for a period of one month from August
25. A joint statement issued by the leaders of joint ‘People’s
governments’ of the five districts surrounding Kathmandu said
they had decided to postpone their strike keeping in view of the
requests made by general public, civil society and human rights
community.
Five RNA personnel are killed and another sustains
injuries during a clash with the Maoist insurgents at Chehere
in the Sindhupalchowk district.
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August 26
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Indian security forces discover a training center
being run by the Nepali Maoists in the forest areas of Chorgaliya
and Hanspur at the Nainital district in the Indian State of Uttaranchal.
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August 28
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Maoists kill two Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldiers
who were on guard in front of Nepal Telecom office at Ward No.
7 of Butwal Municipality in Butwal district.
At least three civilians are killed and three
others sustain injuries in a landmine blast triggered by the Maoists
at Namdu Danda in the Dolakha district.
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August 31
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The Islamist Army of Ansar al-Sunna is reported
to have killed the twelve Nepalese who they had taken hostage
in Iraq on August 20.
The Nepalese Government is reported to have made
public the modalities of the high-level Peace Committee.
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September 1
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The local administration in various districts
imposes curfew in many places including in Kathmandu, Lalitpur,
southern and eastern Terai districts and at Anarmani, Birtamod
in Jhapa district, following violence targeting the Muslim community
after 12 Nepalese hostages were killed in Iraq on August 31.
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September 2
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Security forces kill three Maoist insurgents
during search operations at Bankatti in the Banke district.
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September 5
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During an encounter between Maoist insurgents
and the troops, at least six Maoists, including two central leaders,
identified as central member and Maoist in-charge for Ramechhap,
Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk districts, Kumar Poudel, and 'Commissar'
of 'Solu-Salleri Brigade' in the eastern region, Sherman Kuwar
alias Bishal, are killed at Kalyanpur in the Siraha district.
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September 6
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Five Nepali Maoists are killed by Indian villagers
at Latakniya in the Guleriya district along the Nepal-India border.
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September 10
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Maoist insurgents trigger a bomb explosion killing
two police personnel and injuring eight civilians while targeting
a police check post at Anchalpur in the Bhairahawa district.
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September 12
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India and Nepal expressed their determination
to jointly combat terrorism. The Indian assurance was contained
in a joint statement issued at the end of the five-day visit of
the Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
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September 13
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The security forces kill, during separate incidents,
two Maoist insurgents in the Dailekh district and one ‘area commander’,
identified as Prabhat, in the Dhankuta district.
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September 14
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Troops kill five Maoists during an encounter
at Nicha in the Solukhumbu district.
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September 15
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After a month-long shut down, around 47 industries
and joint venture companies resume their work. The Government,
Maoists-workers union, All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF),
and the industrialists reach an agreement and announced that they
had been able to gather separate commitments from all three sides
so as to allow the industries to resume operations.
Nepal News, quoting British Broadcasting Corporation,
says that the insurgents have threatened to use human bombs and
attack Indian leaders if India went ahead with its plan to provide
military assistance to Nepal.
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September 16
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Maoist insurgents kill two police personnel,
identified as Binaya Kumar Dewan and Prem Rai, in the Jhapa district.
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September 18
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A security force patrol team kills at least
four insurgents during a clash at Banardiya in the Kapilavastu
district.
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September 19
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Maoist spokesperson, Krishna Bahadur Mahara,
says the insurgents did not see any rationale for holding talks
with the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Government "that did not have
any authority." He also expressed concern over the prospects of
increasing foreign intervention in Nepal as the on-going conflict
intensifies.
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September 20
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At least seven insurgents, including a ‘section
commander’ identified as Rima Manju, and two women cadres are
killed in a clash with the security forces at Bhagatpur in the
Siraha district.
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September 21
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Security forces kill eight Maoists in separate
incidents, including six at Lamkifata in the Kailali district
and two others near Dharan in Sunsari district.
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September 22
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The high-level Peace Committee under Prime Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba officially calls on the Maoists for peace talks.
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September 23
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Maoist insurgents reject the Government’s offer
for peace talks. Spokesperson, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, during
an interview with a private radio channel said the insurgents
had already decided not to hold talks with the Government under
present circumstances and that there was no possibility of dialogue
as "foreign interference in the country continued and all the
organs of the state were in a state of surrender."
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September 27
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Security force personnel shot dead at least
three Maoist insurgents at Modi in the Okhaldhunga district.
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September 28
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At least 12 insurgents are killed during search
operations launched by security forces in different parts of the
country. The troops reportedly killed four insurgents at Suryapura
in the Rupandehi district, three each at Sankhuwasabha and Hasandaha
in Morang district and one each in the Dhanusha and Kailali districts
during the last two days.
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September 29
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At least eight Maoists, including one ‘area
commander’, are killed in clashes with the security forces during
separate incidents in the Banke and Sindhupalchowk districts.
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October 2
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Six Maoist insurgents are killed in a security
operation in the Sonigama area of Dhanusha district.
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October 3
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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba states in
Pokhara district that the Government would hold general elections
by the end of the year if the Maoists failed to come to the negotiating
table.
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October 4
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Maoists announce an indefinite strike in all
major industries in the Udaypur district.
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October 5
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Maoists trigger bomb explosions at a programme
of a pro-left wing party, Jana Morcha Nepal (People's Front Nepal),
and injure five of its activists, including the central committee
member Lekha Raj Regmi, at Makundada in Dang district.
The CPN (UML) general secretary, Madhav Kumar
Nepal urges Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to focus on the
peace process rather than elections.
Home Minister, Purna Bahadur Khadka, says the
Government is ready to talk to the Maoists on any issue except
multiparty democracy and constitutional monarchy.
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October 6
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Nepal Police arrests a lawyer, Laxmi Prasad Aryal
for possessing equipments used for making bombs and various Maoist-related
documents, from Siddharthanagar in the Bhairawa district.
Former peace talks’ facilitator and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Daman Nath Dhungana, says peace
negotiations with the Maoists is impossible unless the King hands
over his executive power.
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October 7
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United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for
South Asian Affairs, Donald Camp, meets the Communist Party of
Nepal (UML) general secretary, Madhav Kumar Nepal, and Chief Election
Commissioner Keshab Raj Rajbhandari and discusses the plausibility
of peace talks with the Maoists.
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October 8
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Maoists withdraw their strike, which was imposed
from October 3, on public transport in the Udaypur district.
CPN (UML) general secretary, Madhav Kumar Nepal
says, "If intervention by foreign power takes place, it will be
the Maoists that will suffer the most" and urges for declaration
of a unilateral cease-fire by the Government.
NC leader, GP Koirala and RPP leader, Surya Bahadur
Thapa, in a public meeting in Kathmandu criticize Prime Minister
Deuba’s remarks that the government would go for elections if
the Maoists do not come over to the table of negotiations.
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October 9
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Maoists set free three security personnel in
Kharibot of Salyan district. They also release 98 out of the 100
People’s Front Nepal (PFN) activists and leaders abducted from
Chhapchour area in the Gulmi district.
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October 10
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Indian Special Services Bureau (SSB) personnel
recover nearly 2,000 kilograms of explosives from a godown in
Sunauli along the Nepal-India border.
All educational institutions in Kanchanpur district
shut down after the Maoist affiliated students organization, ANNISU-R,
announces an indefinite strike.
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October 11
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The security forces kill three Maoists, including
two 'regional level members' and one 'area member' at Juluke in
Arghakhanchi district.
Prime Minster Deuba rejects the prospects of
third party mediation in the proposed peace negotiations with
Maoists.
Seven-member investigation committee headed by
Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry, Narayan Gopal Malegu, submit
the report on whereabouts of 126 people, to the Nepal Home Ministry.
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October 12
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Indian security forces arrest a Maoist leader
of Ilam district from the city of Darjeeling in the State of West
Bengal.
Minister for Education, Bilendra Nidhi, rules
out the possibility of a unilateral cease-fire from the Government’s
side and says "the government never declared war, so there is
no question of unilateral ceasefire.
An eleven-member Citizen Peace Commission (CPC)
is formed to create environment for peace talks between the Government
and the Maoists.
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October 13
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Nepal promulgates the Terrorist and Disruptive
Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance.
A habeas corpus order over the detention of two
Maoist central leaders, Matrika Yadav and Suresh Ale Magar is
filed in the Supreme Court by an NGO activist Bishwonath Yadav,
from Chhinnamasta, Saptari district.
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October 14
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Army launches operation, ‘Simarekha' in the three
mid-western districts of Rolpa, Rukum and Pyuthan districts.
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October 16
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RNA conducts a massive military operation against
Maoist training camps in Myagdi, Baglung, Gulmi and Arghakhanchi
districts.
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October 16
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According to a report, Maoists abduct at least
150 youths from Baglung district during the last four days.
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October 17
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Maoists attack a rally organized by the Jana
Morcha Nepal (People’s Front Nepal-PFN) and abduct 52 PFN activists
at Nishi village in Baglung district.
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October 19
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US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau
of Population, Refugees and Migration, Arthur E. Dewey demands
a dignified repatriation of the Bhutanese refugees by the Nepal
government.
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October 20
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Maoists announce a temporary cease fire from
October 20 to 28 and the government too decides not to launch
any offensive against them during the period.
RNA chief Pyar Jung Thapa expresses dissatisfaction
over the Government announcement of ceasefire and says "we need
to continue military actions to maintain security in the country
and to create an environment conducive for the resolution of the
problem."
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October 21
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United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan
welcomes the decision by Maoists and the Government of Nepal to
suspend operations during the festival season.
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October 25
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The security forces rescue 20 men and 16 women
from the Maoist insurgents’ captivity from Gamaudi VDC in Dailekh
district.
Following a joint meeting, Indian and Nepalese
police and administrative officials agree to enhance cooperation
in curbing terrorist and criminal activities in the bordering
parts of Terai.
A senior Maoist insurgent leader, Amir Sundas
arrested by the Jalpaiguri police personnel in Indian state of
West Bengal.
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October 28
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PM Deuba rules out the possibility of extending
the period of 'truce' with the Maoist rebels.
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October 29
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Maoist loot 35 sets of solar panels worth over
one million rupees from porters at Salle area of Pokhari VDC in
Gaighat district.
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October 30
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Four Maoist insurgents including two women cadres
are killed during military operations at Sangthaka VDC in Taplejung
district.
Maoists ban the activities of the NGOs working
in Doti district.
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October 31
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An estimated 1000 Maoist insurgents attack Gamgadhi,
the headquarters of Mugu district.
Maoists attack and destroy government offices
in Humla and Jajarkot and Dolpa districts.
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November 1
|
Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry for
Defense, in a written statement to the Supreme Court’s (SC) query,
explains that Maoist leader Matrika Yadav is safe in government’s
custody.
Maoists re-impose their 'indefinite blockade'
on the district headquarters of Baitadi.
Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, Badri
Prasad Mandal, announces that the government was preparing to
hold elections as per directions from the King and says "peace
talks cannot be the obstacle for polls."
Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, during
his visit to Nepal, extends full support to the efforts of Nepal
in combating terrorism and expresses his concerns with the Nepali
counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba over the internal issues.
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November 2
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British Ambassador to Nepal Keith Bloomfield
asserts that none of the British government-supported programmes
in Nepal would be withdrawn because of Maoist threats.
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November 3
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Three security personnel are injured during a
clash with Maoist insurgents in the western district of Palpa.
Maoists loot a passenger bus and 10 trucks at
Loyar Khola in Chitwan district.
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November 4
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Security forces kill three Maoists, including
a woman cadre, during an encounter at Takumaj Lankuribot VDC in
Gorkha district.
Nepal Police arrest Kathmandu valley ‘commander’
of the CPN-M, Sadhuram Devkota alias Prashant from Bhotebahal
area in Kathmandu.
Rajdhani daily report quoting Maoist sources
state the insurgents have threatened ‘to attack and destroy the
mid-western regional headquarters of Birendranagar in Surkhet
district.’
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November 5
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Maoists set ablaze a vehicle belonging to the
Mid-Marsyangdi Hydropower Project and explode four bombs targeting
some more vehicles at Khahare Khota in Udaipur VDC in Lamjung
district.
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November 7
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Maoists declare a two-day general strike in Banke
and Bardiya districts to protest the killing of Banke district
president of the Maoist affiliated Madhesi Liberation Front.
Security forces kill five Maoist insurgents in
separate incidents in Gorkha and Doti districts.
Maoists kidnap 10 children from Bindhvabasini
VDC of Dailekh district.
Two Maoists, Rekha Rai and Madhukar Sarki are
arrested in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, India.
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November 8
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On Constitution Day, King Gyanendra Bir Bikram
Shah Dev says that constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy
are articles of faith and commitment for the Nepalese people.
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November 9
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Indian Special Security Bureau (SSB) forces launch
a new campaign to control arms smuggling and deploy troops along
the Indian border near Jhapa district.
Suspected Maoists detonate bombs in two places
in Kathamandu Valley and injure 40 civilians.
RNA eastern division chief, Pradip Pratap Bam
Malla says at least 3,000 RNA personnel and 24 check posts will
be added within four months in the eastern divison.
Maoists introduce ‘new tax’ system in Rolpa,
Rukum and Salyan district for those leaving for foreign countries
for employment.
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November 10
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Government Spokesperson and Minister for Information
and Communication Minister, Mohammad Mohsin says in an interview
that the country will soon experience an authoritarian government,
if the current government fails to bring the Maoists to the negotiating
table.
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November 11
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Maoists kill Deputy Superintendent of Police
Hemraj Regmi in front of his residence in Butwal municipality-6
in Rupandehi district.
Report says Calcutta High Court in Indian State
of West Bengal has recently ruled to provide Mohan Baidya, senior
Maoist politburo member, the status of a political prisoner.
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November 13
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Official sources say security forces have launched
air operations targeting two Maoist bases in the hilly districts
of Sankhuwasabha and Tehrathum in eastern Nepal.
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November 16
|
Insurgents block the Mahendra highway at Agaiya
between Kusum and Shumsergunj of Banke district by cutting off
trees across the road.
Six security force personnel and two Maoist insurgents
are killed near the Musuriya forest at Pahalmanpur VDC in Kailali
district.
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November 17
|
Eight Armed Police Force personnel are killed,
one dozen others injured and over two dozen were reported to be
missing after Maoist insurgents detonate landmines at Khari Khola
along the Mahendra highway in Banke district.
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November 18
|
Maoists declare completion of their ‘offensive’
along the Mahendra Highway.
Maoists spokesperson, Krishna Bahadur Mahara
says fight with ‘Indian expansionism’ is a must to ensure victory
of the ‘People’s War’ in Nepal.
RNA spokesperson, Deepak Gurung says at least
2,700 Maoist insurgents are killed and nearly 500 more are suspected
to have been killed during security operations since the breakdown
of the ceasefire on August 27, 2003.
Home Ministry spokesperson, Gopendra Bahadur
Pandey, says over 1593 civilians, 6500 Maoists, 1265 policemen
and 254 Armed Police Force have been killed since the Maoist insurgency
was launched in 1996 in Nepal.
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November 20
|
Maoist insurgents kill three villagers, including
an eight-year-old boy, and abduct over two-dozen others in Dailekh
district.
In Achham district, Maoists force more than 10,000
civilians to accept the CPN-M’s part time membership.
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November 21
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At least 10 security force personnel and over
16 Maoist insurgents killed in an overnight clash at Khimdi area
in Pandaun VDC of Kailali district.
All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary
(ANNISU-R) leaders, Ramesh Subedi and Vice-President Bishnu Pradhan
are killed during a security force action at Gauradaha in Jhapa
district.
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November 22
|
Supreme Court orders the Prime Minister’s Office
and the Cabinet (PMO) to clarify on what ground Maoist leader
Matrika Yadav has been detained and direct the PMO to produce
the case-file before the bench.
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November 27
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CPN-M Chairman, Prachanda, rejects the peace
talks offer of the Government and terms the government’s move
as ‘conspiracy’.
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November 29
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Maoists announce district-wide general strike
in Rupandehi from November 30 to December 1.
Maoist insurgents assault half a dozen women,
accusing them of inspiring males to participate in anti-Maoist
programs in Damek VDC in Baglung district. They also attack and
injure male members who try to rescue the women.
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November 30
|
Maoist insurgents detonate a series of bomb explosions
in Rupandehi district, on the eve of the second International
Buddhist Conference.
The Rupandehi District Organisation Committee
of the CPN-M withdraw their two-day general strike in the district
and declare a unilateral ceasefire in the district for three days,
starting from November 30.
The CPN-UML decides to stay in the Sher Bahadur
Deuba-led coalition government following a standing committee
meeting of the Party.
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December 2
|
At least five Maoist insurgents are killed during
clashes with the security forces at Dhapa in the Tirhtekot area
of Syangja district.
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December 4
|
Six security force personnel are killed and
three others sustain injuries when Maoist insurgents attacked
an army patrol near Surai Naka along the Mahendra highway in the
western district of Kapilavastu.
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December 5
|
Two civilians are killed and over a dozen injured
in an indiscriminate firing by a group of Maoists at a bus at
Sainawar in the western district of Bardia.
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December 7
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At least four civilians and six Maoist insurgents
are killed in a clash between the troops and insurgents in Bangresal,
a bordering area between the Pyuthan and Arghakhanchi districts.
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December 8
|
During a press conference in Kathmandu, the
Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) spokesperson, Brigadier General Deepak
Gurung, states that over 2768 Maoists were killed during security
operations, while RNA lost 304 soldiers in sporadic encounters
with the insurgents since the last truce was broken on August
27, 2003. Further, Gurung said that about 1380 insurgents have
surrendered, in accordance with the amnesty policy adopted by
government towards them since August 26, 2004.
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December 9
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At least 19 Maoist insurgents are killed during
clashes between the security forces and Maoists at Lapchane in
the Ramechhap district. A police personnel and an eight-year old
girl also died during these clashes.
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December 12
|
Security forces claim to have killed over a
dozen Maoists after air raids were launched in the three village
development committees (VDCs) of Naumule, Toli and Salleri in
the Dailekh district.
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December 15
|
At least 21 RNA personnel and six Maoists are
killed in an exchange of fire at Sisnekhola in the Sidwara VDC
area of Arghakhanchi district.
RNA sources claim that its personnel foiled a
Maoist attempt to destroy the repeater station and over dozen
insurgents were killed during the subsequent clash at Bhirpastung
in the Lamjung district.
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December 16
|
At least 17 Maoist insurgents, including five
women cadres, and two civilians are killed during a security forces’
operation at Naumule in the Dailekh district.
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December 18
|
Four police personnel, including an inspector,
are killed and three others sustain injuries when Maoists attacked
the Ilaka Police Post at Sankhu near capital Kathmandu.
Troops kill six persons belonging to the student
wing of the Communist Party of Nepal–Maoist (CPN-M), the All Nepal
National Independent Students' Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R),
in the Sanischare area of Morang district.
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December 21
|
The Nepal Electricity Authority, quoting advice
from the German consultant Fischner, suspends construction work
on the 70 MW Mid-Marsyangdi Hydel project in western Nepal for
an indefinite period.
Deputy Prime Minister, Bharat Mohan Adhikari,
says that the Government would remove the terrorist designation
and red corner notices on the Maoists as soon as the insurgents
agreed to have a dialogue.
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December 22
|
Five soldiers, five civilians and eight Maoists
are killed and several others sustain injuries when a group of
insurgents attacked an army patrol at Karnali-Chisapani in the
Bardiya district.
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December 23
|
At least 22 insurgents and two soldiers are
killed during a clash at Suryanaka in the western district of
Arghakhanchi.
A group of Maoist insurgents are reported to
have abducted at least 200 students from the Badimalika Higher
Secondary School at Sugarkhal in the far-western district of Kailali.
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December 24
|
Government spokesperson and Minister of Information
and Communications, Mohammed Mohsin, is reported to have said
that the Government could be forced to declare a state of emergency
if the Maoists continued their indefinite blockades in different
parts of the country.
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December 26
|
Four insurgents are killed while trying to escape
from the security forces’ custody at Jilibarang in the Parbat
district.
In a statement issued on the occasion of the
111th birth anniversary of Mao Tse Tung, Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist) ‘chairman’, Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda,
reportedly said, "Our party expresses strong commitment to the
idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat that had evolved during
the course of the great cultural revolution initiated and led
by Comrade Mao."
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December 28
|
Security force personnel reportedly shot dead
at least four Maoist insurgents during a clash near Chauraha in
the Banke district.
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December 29
|
The Maoists withdraw the weeklong blockade they
had imposed on various highways, including the Prithvi and Tribhuvan
highways leading to capital Kathmandu.
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