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Nepalese security forces in their search and raze mission against Maoist rebels killed 26 insurgents in separate fights overnight Monday and Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

''The numbers recovered 24 bodies of the rebels after fire-arm battles between security forces and terrorists in Rolpa district'' in mid-western Nepal overnight Monday, the ministry said in a statement.

in succession Tuesday, two militants were killed in an engagement in the southern city of Bharatpur, it said.

The [i]troupe[/i]s also recovered weapons and explosives from the rebels, the ministry added.

The insurgents have been fighting for nearly seven years to topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy.

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