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US ends terror tag for Nepal Maoist Party

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US has lifted terrorist designation of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

The U.S. has lifted its terrorist designation of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), several years after it abandoned armed struggle for the rough and tumble of politics.The State Department said Thursday that the Maoist party has taken steps to dismantle its apparatus for the conduct of terrorist operations, and has committed to pursuing peace and reconciliation.Maoist rebels began fighting Nepals government in 1996, and the U.S. designated the party a terrorist entity in 2003. The party, Nepals largest, then joined a peace process in 2006 and won elections two years later but has struggled to govern in a coalition.The partys Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has been running a caretaker government since May.
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