Category: Peace Process

Newspapers, general public and political leaders are unanimously praising the Agreement and celebrating the achievement Public Voice: Hearing the news about peace deal, I became so much emotional that tears started coming from my eyes. I saluted the leaders. –Ashok Kumar Pathak, a reader, in Kantipur daily. Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Commander…

For the record: A deal on weapons Maoist combatants will remain confined in cantonments in seven different places. The weapons of the combatants will be separated from them and locked in storages within the designated cantonments. The keys of the locks will remain with the Maoist leadership. The UN will monitor the locks through close…

Situation Update XII: A report by Conflict Study Center, Kathmandu Contributed by Bishnu Pathak PhD and Chitra Niraula Assisted by Yashoda Upreti [Refer to this Wikipedia page for related info discussed in the article] Two prognosis are presently found in Nepal – the talks will materialize following the zest and zeal of the commoners and…

Daily tourist routine was interrupted in Lake Side, the tourist hub in Pokhara, with the spectacle of a Maoist public shaming. Pic by Neil Horning By Neil Horning in Pokhara (And other media reports about recent Maoist activities) Nov 2: Today the daily tourist routine was interrupted with the spectacle of a Maoist public shaming.…

Plus: American ambassador returns from New Delhi trip So the news of the day is pretty much surprising. Not so surprising perhaps. Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist ‘revolution’ in Nepal, went to see the Indian ambassador in Lainchaur. Reactions given to media by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in command after Prachanda, are also interesting.…

Update (Nov 5) Maoist Chairman Prachanda today hinted that his party has reached an agreement with the government on the modality of arms management. According to Prachanda, the agreement is that the Maoist arms will be kept and locked in (at a place decided by the Maoists) with a UN seal and keys under Maoist…

Confidence over arms mgmt growing By Ameet Dhakal News Editor, the Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, Oct 27 – Nepali Congress (NC) and Maoist leaders are busy giving the finishing touches to political agreements reached and are narrowing their differences over the issue of arms management. The NC and Maoists leaders held a crucial meeting Wednesday to…