Nepali army launches search operation in far-western region
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-02-14 16:28

The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) is carrying out a search operation against the anti-government guerrillas in all the districts of far-western Nepal, Radio Nepal reported Monday.

"A large number of rebels were killed in a large-scale offensive carried out by the RNA using long-range weapons in the forest area at Jayagadh and Chhatasen in Achham district," the state-run radio quoted a statement of the RNA West Divisional Headquarters as saying.

The security forces also recovered a large number of socket bombs, medicines, radios and equipment for laying booby traps as well as an indigenously-made mortar from the sites of incidents, the statement said.

More than 11,000 Nepalese people have lost their lives since the anti-government insurgency broke out in February 1996.

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