Nepal Rebel Leader to Head Peace Delegation
KATMANDU, Nepal — Elusive Communist rebel leader Prachanda agreed Friday to head a delegation to peace talks with Nepal’s new government.
The announcement came just hours after Deputy Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli promised Prachanda security and said negotiations would be ineffective unless he took part.
No date has been set for the talks.
Meanwhile, state radio reported Friday that the government had detained four former Cabinet ministers and a junior minister of the ousted royal government. King Gyanendra gave up his authoritarian rule in April after nationwide protests.
A Home Ministry official said eight senior police and intelligence officials had been suspended while a judicial commission investigates allegations that they ordered or supported human rights abuses during the demonstrations.
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