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Nepal's soldiers continue anti-guerilla operations
Nepal's Defence Ministry says three Maoist guerrillas have been killed and a large amount of ammunition has been recovered from rebels in separate operations by troops across Nepal in the past 24 hours.
The guerrillas were killed in gun battles with soldiers who are continuing their operation to stamp out the insurgents from the Himalayan kingdom.
The government deployed the army last month to flush out the rebels who are campaigning to set up a one-party communist republic.
Ten thousand rounds of ammunition looted from the a military barracks last month, with explosives and other weapons have been recovered.
Maoist rebels fighting to topple the constitutional monarchy broke a truce and for the first time attacked an army post in in neighbouring Dang district in west Nepal last month.
26/12/01 13:33:27 | ABC Radio Australia News
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