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Portfolio - Maoist rebels in Nepal

Since 1996 Nepal has been in the throes of a Maoist insurgency, which has claimed 12,000 lives so far. Today the communist rebels and the government forces, headed by King Gyanendra, are at a stalemate: The King controls the cities, while the Maoists run most of rural Nepal. Far from being the Shangri-La described in tourism book, Nepal today is a country of violent turmoil, stark poverty and an uncertain future. 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Large groups of Maoist cadres and... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon commander and some of... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. After a Maoist raid on the second... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Til Bahadur GURUNG, a former village-level... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Comrade Ranju, a 19-year old Nepali... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young recruits for the Maoist militia... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. A boy kicks a soccer ball... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In a Maoist-controlled village,... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Streetscene from Nepalgunj, the biggest... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. Kamal Bazaar was described by local... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. On Nepal's Army Day, King Gyanendra, inspects... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Although Katmandu is the most developed... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Overlooking Katmandu's famous Ason Chowk... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. The government-controlled towns outside... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Near Gorkha. 2005. The Maoists shut down Nepal entire... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. A child in a camp for internally... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2004. A man performs political street theatre... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2005

NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A Hammer & Sickle flag flying at... 
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