Tag: Nepal
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American Diplomatic Cable: On General Rukmangat Katawal
2006-01-26 10:11 VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEBDE RUEHKT #0255/01 0261011 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 261011Z JAN 06 FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0054 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 3857 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3524 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 9096 RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY C…
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US Diplomatic Cable: Nepal Army Chiefs Discuss Role of the Army and Countering the Insurgency
Created: 2002-03-11 13:23 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 KATHMANDU 000510 SIPDIS STATE FOR SA/INS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2012 TAGS: MCAP NP PGOV MASS SUBJECT: NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND COUNTERING THE INSURGENCY REF: KATHMANDU 379 Classified By: A/DCM HOZA. REASON:…
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Tracking the Indian Ambassador in Nepal: Jayant Prasad
Ambassadors are the most visible faces of Indian diplomacy in Nepal and they are not always thought to be pursuing diplomacy. Some, like the current ambassador Jayant Prasad’s immediate predecessor Rakesh Sood, was widely believed to be one of the worst examples of Indian intervention and failed diplomacy in Nepal. While in India (or in their…
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Equation of Pushpa Kamal Dahal & Baburam Bhattarai is the Most Important Equation
An analysis by Akhilesh Upadhyay in The Kathmandu Post Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal invited a select group of editors to his Nayabazaar residence last Wednesday. Expectations ran high, even though Dahal’s office had pitched the meeting as “a regular exchange on current affairs.” The Maoist party, as it turned out, came up with a…
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Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal Tenders Resignation
Update on 28 Aug: Just to let you all know that the election for the new prime minister is underway in the Constituent Assembly as we type this update: By Ritu Raj Subedi/Ram Prasad Dahal PM quits after failing to make ‘breakthrough’ in his six and half months tenure. Kathmandu: Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal…
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Peaceful Nepal? Number of Armed Outfits ‘Goes Down Drastically’
SECURITY UPDATE By Anil Giri The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has claimed that the number of armed outfits operating across the country has significantly come down, thanks to the government’s operations against the groups that were launched nationwide one-and-a-half years ago. While there were 108 groups earlier, only 26 of them are active now.…
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Constituent Assembly term extended for three months
By Phanindra Dahal After hectic parleys late into Saturday night and wee hours of Sunday (today), the political parties struck a five-point deal, paving the way for a three-month extension of the Constituent Assembly. According to the pact signed by top three leaders of the three major parties: 1) the Constituent Assembly term will be…
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