Monday, 8 February 2010

Maoists Discharge Last Child Soldiers in Nepal

Filed under: Disarmament, International Humanitarian Law, South Asia files, children and youth — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 17:50 UTC

Nepal has discharged all of the under-aged combatants from the army of the former Maoist rebels. That is being hailed as the closing of a critical chapter for the peace process in the poor, landlocked country between China and India.

More than 200 former child soldiers boarded buses in the rugged highlands of mid-western Nepal for a ride back into civilian life.

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