The Nepali Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the then Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw countrywide fighting between the Nepalese government and the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), with the latter making significant use of guerrilla warfare.[11] The conflict began on 13 February 1996, when the CPN initiated an insurgency with the stated purpose of overthrowing the Nepalese monarchy and establishing a people's republic, and ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord on 21 November 2006.
The conflict was characterized by numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by both sides, including summary executions, massacres, purges, kidnappings and wartime sexual violence. It resulted in the deaths of over 17,000 people, including civilians, insurgents, and security force personnel along with the internal displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly throughout rural Nepal. The Truth commission received approximtately 63,000 complaints, as reported by commissioner Madhabi Bhatta, while the Commission for Investigation of Enforced Disappearances has received around 3,000.[12]
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