https://freerepublic.com/tag/neapal/ en-us Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:55:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069840/posts Nepal's Maoists have abducted a total of 192 school students in western Nepal in recent days and are forcing them to undergo military training, witnesses and officials said on Sunday. Ramesh Pokharel, a teacher at Bajura district, 340 kilometres west of Kathmandu, said 104 school students and some teachers were taken by the rebels on last Thursday from a school in Rameswori village to an unknown location. Another 88 students were abducted from a school in Pujyatala village in Achham district, 360 kilometres west of Kathmandu on Friday, a village official said. Home Ministry spokesman Gopendra Bahadur Pandey confirmed that... AFP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069840/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:55:29 GMT