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Nepal's communists urge Maoists to abandon violence KATHMANDU, Monday (AFP) The Maoists fighting to overthrow Nepal's monarchy are in a "day dream" if they think war will achieve their aim, the communist party said, urging for talks to end the bloody conflict. The Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist also assured the Maoists it would support their demand for elections to a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution if the rebels helped to restore peace. "If the Maoists think they can capture Kathmandu and seize the government by terrorism, it would be merely a day dream for them," party general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said at a memorial for a district chief killed by Maoists. "I appeal to the Maoist leaders to give up the practice of killing individuals innocent people as such acts can never fulfill their political objectives," Nepal said. "The Maoist rebels should give up their violence and destruction of the country's economic infrastructure and join the main political stream or they will also meet the same fate as that of the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia and the Shining Path Communists of Peru," Nepal said. His call came as the military said at least 66 Maoist rebels and 10 government troopers were killed in an overnight clash in the bloodiest incident in the Himalayan kingdom in months. "I appeal to both the government and the Maoists to come to the negotiating table and end the current violence against the innocent people," Nepal said. "If the Maoists assure us that they would help restore peace and security in the country, our party is ready to support their demand of constituent assembly elections," he said. |
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