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NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Accham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army, the main fighting force of the Maoist rebels. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Accham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army, the main fighting force of the Maoist rebels.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. The wife and children of a Maoist student activist who was arrested by government security forces, and not been seen or heard from for several years. By 2005, Nepal has come to rival Columbia as the country in the world with the most people who have disappeared at the hands of it's security forces. The disappeared husband is seen on the photograph in the windowsill. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. The wife and children of a Maoist student activist who was arrested by government security forces, and not been seen or heard from for se...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army, the main fighting force of the Maoist rebels. Nearly all of rural Nepal, areas of dire poverty and next to no infrastructure, is more or less controlled by the Maoists. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army, the main fighting force of the Maoist rebels. Nearly all of rural Nepal, areas of

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Large groups of Maoist cadres and soldiers often travel by night to avoid detection by the government's forces. Nepal is prime territory for guerilla warfare, with hardly any roads, electricity or modern communications widely available. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Large groups of Maoist cadres and soldiers often travel by night to avoid detection by the government's forces. Nepal is prime ter

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon commander and some of his troops plan the next day's itinerary before going to sleep in a village family's hut. In most of rural Nepal, local villagers are obliged to host Maoist troops when they pass through. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon commander and some of his troops plan the next day's itinerary before going to sleep in a village family's hut. In most

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist soldiers during their morning patrol around the village of Turmakhand, in Western Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist soldiers during their morning patrol around the village of Turmakhand, in Western Nepal.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist soldiers during their morning patrol around the village - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist soldiers during their morning patrol around the village

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A girl runs on top of a fence past two People's Liberation Army soldiers res - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A girl runs on top of a fence past two People's Liberation Army soldiers res

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. After a Maoist raid on the second biggest NTV (Nepal's government-run TV netw - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. After a Maoist raid on the second biggest NTV (Nepal's government-run TV netw

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Nepalgunj, Western Nepal's biggest government-held city. Maoist bomb-attacks are part of everyday life. Here, a man walks by a wall with fresh shrapnel marks after the rebels set off a small bomb in an office building. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Nepalgunj, Western Nepal's biggest government-held city. Maoist bomb-attacks are part of everyday life. Here, a man walks by a wall with

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai AHIR's (at right) sister, who was caught in the crossfire between Royal Nepali Army forces, and the Maoists, during a several-hour long battle. She was shot in the head, and spent three days in a coma before passing away. Of the nearly 13,000 people killed in the civil war so far, most have been civilians. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai AHIR's (at right) sister, who was caught in the crossfire between Royal Nepali Army forces, and th...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai AHIR's (at right) sister, who was caught in the crossfire between Royal Nepali Army forces and the Maoists, during a several-hour long battle. She was shot in the head, and spent three days in a coma before passing away. Of the nearly 13,000 people killed in the civil war so far, most have been civilians. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai AHIR's (at right) sister, who was caught in the crossfire between Royal Nepali Army forces and the...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Gorkha. 2005. In the government-held village of Gorkha (the ancestral home of the Royal family), a - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Gorkha. 2005. In the government-held village of Gorkha (the ancestral home of the Royal family), a

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Til Bahadur GURUNG, a former village-level administrator who was labeled 'an enemy of the people' by the Maoists. The Maoists shot him in the spine, and he has spent the last seven years in this bed, unable to move. His wife Manmaya is in the background. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Til Bahadur GURUNG, a former village-level administrator who was labeled 'an enemy of the people' by the Maoists. The Maoists shot him in

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Tara BHATTARAI, a teacher from a rural village that fell out with the local Maoists. He was dragged out of his classroom, and shot three times. Recovering at a Kathmandu hospital, Bhattarai is one of many teachers targeted by the Maoists as government loyalists. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Tara BHATTARAI, a teacher from a rural village that fell out with the local Maoists. He was dragged out of his classroom, and shot three

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Comrade Ranju, a 19-year old Nepali girl who is a member of the Maoist army, oiling and combing her hair during a break in her unit's schedule. Comrade Ranju claims to have killed 16 government security force soldiers in an assault in Sindhuli District. About one-third of the Maoist fighting forces are young women like her. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Comrade Ranju, a 19-year old Nepali girl who is a member of the Maoist army, oiling and combing her hair during a break in her uni...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Female rebels break out in a smile during a training exercise. About on-third of the Maoist fighting forces are young women. The traditional role of women in rural Nepal is often very rigid, and the Maoists have adopted the liberation of women as one of their tenets, attracting a pool of highly motivated female fighters. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Female rebels break out in a smile during a training exercise. About on-third of the Maoist fighting forces are young women. The t...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Female rebels break out in a smile during a training exercise. About one-third of the Maoist fihgting forces are young women. The traditional role of women in rural Nepal is often very rigid, and the Maoists have adopted the liberation of women as one of their tenets, attracting a pool of highly motivated female fighters. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Female rebels break out in a smile during a training exercise. About one-third of the Maoist fihgting forces are young women. The ...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A man crawling across a rope at a Maoist training camp in the foothills of t - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A man crawling across a rope at a Maoist training camp in the foothills of t

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young recruits for the Maoist militia wielding sticks in lieu of valuable guns at a Maoist training camp in the foothills of the Himalayas. Most of the Maoist's arms come from looting government depots, and thus are in short supply and reserved for fighting units. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young recruits for the Maoist militia wielding sticks in lieu of valuable guns at a Maoist training camp in the foothills of the H

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist rebels do their evening exercises in jungle clearing. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist rebels do their evening exercises in jungle clearing.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Village of Babiyachour. 2004. Trash fires fight the cold in rebel-held Babiyachour, a village witho - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Village of Babiyachour. 2004. Trash fires fight the cold in rebel-held Babiyachour, a village witho

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A boy kicks a soccer ball around in this Maoist-controlled village. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A boy kicks a soccer ball around in this Maoist-controlled village.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In a Maoist-controlled village, a farmer ploughs his fields. The high population density, exhausted soils, and desperate poverty of rural Nepal is a major contributor in motivating the insurgency. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In a Maoist-controlled village, a farmer ploughs his fields. The high population density, exhausted soils, and desperate po

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil erosion and less and less resources to go around, violence often erupts among villagers. Here, a young 23-year old man was stabbed to death by his neighbor after fighting about the rights to a tiny trickle of water to irrigate their adjacent potato-fields. Such economic desperation is what enables the Maoist insurgency to flourish across all of rural Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil eros...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil erosion and less and less resources to go around, violence often erupts among villagers. Here, a young 23-year old man was stabbed to death by his neighbor after fighting about the rights to a tiny trickle of water to irrigate their adjacent potato-fields. Such economic desperation is what enables the Maoist insurgency to flourish across all of rural Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil eros...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil erosion and less and less resources to go around, violence often erupts among villagers. Here, a young 23-year old man was stabbed to death by his neighbor after fighting about the rights to a tiny trickle of water to irrigate their adjacent potato-fields. Such economic desperation is what enables the Maoist insurgency to flourish across all of rural Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village of Babiachaur rural life is short and violent. With ever-increasing population density, soil eros...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young Maoists singing revolutionary songs in a small hut in rural Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young Maoists singing revolutionary songs in a small hut in rural Nepal.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A Maoist torch rally celebrating the Maoist insurgency entering 'it's third and final phase' in the words of the local commander. In the absence of any modern means of communication, the Maoist's main way of distributing information is by rallies and village meetings. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A Maoist torch rally celebrating the Maoist insurgency entering 'it's third and final phase' in the words of the local comm...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Locals cheer during a Maoist leader's speech at a mass meeting in the hills, with about 5,000 attendees. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Locals cheer during a Maoist leader's speech at a mass meeting in the hills, with about 5,000 attendees.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A teashop in rural Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A teashop in rural Nepal.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Streetscene from Nepalgunj, the biggest government-controlled city in Western Nepal. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Streetscene from Nepalgunj, the biggest government-controlled city in Western Nepal.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each of the 75 district has one or more government-controlled town. In many rural districts, they are heavily fortified garrison towns, from where the government troops make short excursions. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each of the 75 district has one or more government-controlled town. In many rural districts, they are heavily fortified garrison towns, from where the government troops make short excursions. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each of the 75 district has one or more government-controlled town. In many rural districts, they are heavily fortified garrison towns, from where the government troops make short excursions. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Rolpa District Headquarters. 2005. Although most of the rural areas of Nepal have next to no government presence and are largely run by the Maoists, each...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. Kamal Bazaar was described by local Maoist commanders as a model Maoist village. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. Kamal Bazaar was described by local Maoist commanders as a model Maoist village.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded up by Maoists head to an indoctrination meeting in western Nepal. In the background is the bombed-out shell of a former police station, marking this as rebel turf. In large areas of rural Nepal, each family is expected to contribute at least one member to work for the Maoist cause. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded up by Maoists head to an indoctrination meeting in western Nepal. In the background is the bombed...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL..2004. A young girl swept up by the revolutionary wave that is trying to oust Nepal's monarchy. On t - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL..2004. A young girl swept up by the revolutionary wave that is trying to oust Nepal's monarchy. On t

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded up by Maoists head to an indoctrination meeting in western Nepal. In the background is the bombed-out shell of a former police station, marking this as rebel turf. In large areas of rural Nepal, each family is expected to contribute at least one member to work for the Maoist cause. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded up by Maoists head to an indoctrination meeting in western Nepal. In the background is the bombed...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A view of Kathmandu from the Bhimsen Tower. For four decades, Nepal has been inundated by foreign aid. However, outside the Kathmandu Valley, there is precious little to show for it. With hardly any roads, infrastructure or investment, rural Nepal has suffered at the behalf of Kathmandu, where all wealth and pwoer is concentrated. The maoist insurgency is fighting for the end of the Monarchy, and for a redistribution of land, resources, and political power. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A view of Kathmandu from the Bhimsen Tower. For four decades, Nepal has been inundated by foreign aid. However, outside the Kathmandu Val...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. On Nepal's Army Day, King Gyanendra, inspects his latest weaponry on public TV, a month after assuming all political power in a February 2005 coup. However, in a nearby bar, an angry and unemployed trekking guide, suffering from the decline in tourism, shows his disrespect. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. On Nepal's Army Day, King Gyanendra, inspects his latest weaponry on public TV, a month after assuming all political power in a February

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Although Katmandu is the most developed part of Nepal, its infrastructure is also crumbling after ten years of the insurgency. Three policemen talk while one of the frequent power blackouts leave the citydwellers in darkness. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Although Katmandu is the most developed part of Nepal, its infrastructure is also crumbling after ten years of the insurgency. Three poli

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A bar. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A bar.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Overlooking Katmandu's famous Ason Chowk square, a battery advertisement speaks what many urban Nepalis don't dare utter in public:

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Overlooking Katmandu's famous Ason Chowk square, a battery advertisement speaks what many urban Nepalis don't dare utter in public: "Give

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2004. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2004.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Young Katmandu residents in Ason Chowk square. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Young Katmandu residents in Ason Chowk square.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. At dawn, morning exercises at Swayambunath buddhist temple which overlooks Katmandu. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. At dawn, morning exercises at Swayambunath buddhist temple which overlooks Katmandu.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Katmandu at dawn. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Katmandu at dawn.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. September 2005. An Anti-monarchy protest organized by the parliamentary democratic parties that were unseated by King Gyandendra in February 2005. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. September 2005. An Anti-monarchy protest organized by the parliamentary democratic parties that were unseated by King Gyandendra in February 20

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. King Gyanendra, with one of his aides at the old Royal palace, Hanuman Dhoka. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. King Gyanendra, with one of his aides at the old Royal palace, Hanuman Dhoka.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. The government-controlled towns outside of Katmandu have an 'under-siege' feel to them. In Nepalgunj, the biggest city in Western Nepal, a pillbox with armed police stand in the middle of every major intersection, it's officers at attention. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. The government-controlled towns outside of Katmandu have an 'under-siege' feel to them. In Nepalgunj, the biggest city in Western Nepal,

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. In Katmandu, armed security force patrols are ubiqutous. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. In Katmandu, armed security force patrols are ubiqutous.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Near Gorkha. 2005. The Maoists shut down Nepal entire transportation network frequently, with no more than a pronouncement of a 'bandh', or general strike. This usually means that the rebels do not permit any traffic on any roads for the duration - which can be many weeks at a time. Here, along one of Nepal's few paved highways, children watch government forces attempting to clear passage. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Near Gorkha. 2005. The Maoists shut down Nepal entire transportation network frequently, with no more than a pronouncement of a 'bandh', or general strik...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Near Gorkha. 2005. The Maoists shut down Nepal entire transportation network frequently, with no more than a pronouncement of a 'bandh', or general strike. This usually means that the rebels do not permit any traffick on any roads for the duration - which can be many weeks at a time. Here, along one of Nepal's few paved highways, a man who has been stuck between roadblocks for over a day waits patiently. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Near Gorkha. 2005. The Maoists shut down Nepal entire transportation network frequently, with no more than a pronouncement of a 'bandh', or general strik...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. A child in a camp for internally displaced people, or internal refugees. Although the government estimates the number of IDPs at less than 10,000, independent NGOs put the figure in at least tens of thousands. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. A child in a camp for internally displaced people, or internal refugees. Although the government estimates the number of IDPs at le

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2004. A man performs political street theatre prior to the February 2005 revocal of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2004. A man performs political street theatre prior to the February 2005 revocal of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Back in their hilltop refuges, the Maoist rebels remain entrenched. With a far superior knowledge of local geography and good morale, many analysts doubt the Royal Nepali Army can win the conflict militarily. On the other hand, there are few signs that the Maoists can, in the foreseeable future, gain control of the country's major cities. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Back in their hilltop refuges, the Maoist rebels remain entrenched. With a far superior knowledge of local geography and good mora...

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A Maoist militia unit does its morning drills. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A Maoist militia unit does its morning drills.

NEPAL. Maoist Rebellion. - NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A Hammer & Sickle flag flying at a Maoist mass meeting in the hills, with about 5,000 attendees. - Jonas Bendiksen

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A Hammer & Sickle flag flying at a Maoist mass meeting in the hills, with about 5,000 attendees.

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