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KATHMANDU, May 8 (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed in fresh violence in Nepal as the country's prime minister won a pledge from U.S. President George W. Bush for more help to fight Maoist guerrillas battling to overthrow the monarchy.

Four police officers and 14 rebels were killed when the rebels attacked a police post at Chainpur, 400 km (250 miles) east of the capital, Kathmandu, late on Tuesday, a police official told Reuters.

The guerrillas also set fire to a government land revenue office, the official said. He had no other details.

President George W. Bush told Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during a visit to Washington on Tuesday that the United States would help the impoverished Himalayan kingdom fight the rebels seeking to topple the constitutional monarchy.

Neither side said what assistance the United States might offer.

Another police official said rebels raided a police post at Gam in the Rolpa district in west Nepal, where the guerrilla presence is strong, late on Tuesday but details of the attack in the remote village were not immediately available.

Gam is in the region where Nepali troops last week killed up to 400 rebels in the single biggest attack on a guerrilla camp since the insurgency began six years ago. 

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