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Near the Maoist hilltop strongohold village of
Turmakhand, in Western Nepal, a group of the Maoist army goes on dawn patrol.
Today, nearly all of rural nepal is run by the rebel communists.
The kingdom of Nepal, once thought of as a peaceful
and serene retreat in the Himalayas, has over the last decade plunged into
chaos and tragedy. A Maoist insurgency has shook the country since 1996,
leaving the country in economic and political shambles. The civil war has
cost over 12,000 lives so far, and the communist rebels and the incumbent
King Gyanendra's Forces have reached a stalemate: the Maoists control most of
the countryside, while the king's government are entrenched in the cities.
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