Publication Date:
Fri, 2011-01-14 22:22
The UN's blue flag was lowered at the mission's office in Katmandu on Friday.Arms
monitors will remain at camps where thousands of former rebels are
confined until Saturday. It is unclear who will take over then.The
government says a special committee will monitor the peace process and
the ex-fighters, but the Maoists have not agreed to that deal.Maoist
rebels fought government troops for a decade until 2006, when they
joined a peace process. More than 13,000 people died in the fighting.Political
parties have quarreled over whether to integrate former fighters into
government security forces, so they remain in camps.
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