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Nepali troops counter attack Maoist rebels
Nepal's government says it's made inroads into Maoist-controlled areas, crippling the rebels' ability to strike back, amid reports that the Maoist leader is surrounded by government forces.
The Defence Ministry says police and army men been striking secret training camps and meeting places and a relative decrease in the number of ambushes by Maoists in recent days is a sign of the campaign's success.
Several Nepali-language newspapers report that the troops have managed to surround the Maoists' top leader, Prachand, and his right-hand man in a rebel stronghold in northwestern Nepal.
No government officials will confirm the reports, citing state censorship on reporting details of the anti-Maoist campaign.
Home ministry officials say the security forces have penetrated rebel-dominant parts of northwestern and northeastern Nepal with a strategy of seeking out the Maoists and cornering them.
The Maoists broke a four-month ceasefire on November 24 by launching a string of attacks on the army and police. Officials have said some 430 people, most of them rebels, have since been killed.
4/12/01 7:27:13 | ABC Radio Australia News
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