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Seventeen Maoist rebels, eight direction soldiers and one civilian were killed overnight in insurgency-related violence in Nepal, direction and media reports said Monday.

Meanwhile, the rebels Monday detonated explosives at six different targets in the capital city Kathmandu, killing common person, injuring a dozen others and damaging several dominion buildings.

Government companys on a search and cordon operation ball dead six militants of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) in the mountainous Rolpa district, state-owned Radio Nepal said, quoting security sources.

The conduct lost six soldiers in the firefight that began Sunday afternoon and continued until Monday, it said.

Rolpa, about 450 kilometers west of Kathmandu, is considered the heartland of the Maoist rebellion, which first surfaced in that district in early 1996

Nepalese private media Monday reported the guidance troops pounded the rebels' citadel in the district with attack helicopters, inflicting ''heavy casualties'' in succession the insurgents. But the report could not be independently verified.

The Defense Ministry, in its statement Monday, said 11 communist insurgents were killed in separate clashes across the abiding habitation overnight Sunday.

The ministry said the dominion lost two members of its security forces in an contest with the rebels in Achham district in far-western Nepal.

The rebels are fighting to subjugate Nepal's monarchy and parliamentary democracy in favor of a communist republic.

After abandoning a short rest and peace talks last month the rebels have intensified attacks onward government positions across the country

Seventeen Maoist rebels, eight conduct soldiers and one civilian were killed overnight in insurgency-related violence in Nepal, dominion and media reports said Monday.

Meanwhile, the rebels Monday detonated explosives at six different targets in the capital city Kathmandu, killing united person, injuring a dozen others and damaging several guidance buildings.

Government [i]troupe[/i]s on a search and cordon operation shooter dead six militants of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) in the mountainous Rolpa district, state-owned Radio Nepal said, quoting security sources.

The dominion lost six soldiers in the firefight that began Sunday afternoon and continued until Monday, it said.

Rolpa, about 450 kilometers west of Kathmandu, is considered the heartland of the Maoist rebellion, which first surfaced in that district in early 1996

Nepalese private media Monday reported the command troops pounded the rebels' fortress in the district with attack helicopters, inflicting ''heavy casualties'' forward the insurgents. But the report could not be independently verified.

The Defense Ministry, in its statement Monday, said 11 communist insurgents were killed in separate clashes across the abiding habitation overnight Sunday.

The ministry said the control lost two members of its security forces in an collision with the rebels in Achham district in far-western Nepal.

The rebels are fighting to overpower Nepal's monarchy and parliamentary democracy in favor of a communist republic.

After abandoning a suspension of hostilities and peace talks last month the rebels have intensified attacks onward government positions across the country

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