But I believe intelligence, more so than weapons, are most effective against the Maoists. If the Maoist leaders' whereabout is traced, they can be eliminated pretty quickly. Killing Maoist foot soldiers, most of whom are poor unemployed bastards, will do nothing to eliminate Maoism.
"The Nepalese army used to be ill equipped with outdated weapons from 100 years ago."
More antiquated than that. The King held a garage/armory sale a few years back. American militaria collectors are still going nuts.
As to intelligence, and education, I agree. A lesson we learned, and relearned, in Vietnam. However, having a viable
military response helps greatly. Small combat victories tend to empower the "bad guys" even more, defeats cut down recruiting.
Sorry, but the US has not supplied Apache (AH-64s) to Nepal. The most capable helo they have is gunship variants of the HIP (Mi-8, Mi-17 Mi-171).