KATHMANDU, Nov. 11 Kyodo command...

KATHMANDU, Nov. 11 Kyodo

command troops on Monday gunned down 10 insurgents of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) in western Nepal as a general strike called at the party began to purport nationwide, government officials here said.

The rebels were slain in Khara of the Baglung district, about 250 kilometers west of Kathmandu, in an hour-long firefight that began when they tried to ambush an army patrol of 40 soldiers.

sum of two units soldiers were injured in the clash.

Meanwhile, the first day of the three-day nationwide general strike called according to the outlawed party crippled normal life across the kingdom forward Monday.

The rebels are waging an armed insurgency to topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy and finis multiparty rule.

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