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The Nepalese army has declared a new offensive against the Maoist rebels five days after the king sacked the government because it could not get peace talks off the ground.
The army said the new offensive will "bring back the country from disaster".
The Maoist insurgents said the king's action last week, in restoring his own right to rule and imposing a state of emergency, had ended any peace negotiations.
The Royal Nepalese Army controls the capital Kathmandu and major towns such as the trekking centre, Pokara, but the Maoists control at least 60 per cent of rural areas and are active in every one of the country's 75 districts. ... .