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Portfolio - Nepal's Maoist Rebellion 

Jonas Bendiksen 

The kingdom of Nepal, once thought of as a peaceful and serene retreat in the Himalayas, recently emerged from a decade of chaos and tragedy. A Maoist insurgency has shaken the country since 1996, leaving the country in an economic and political shambles. The civil war cost Nepal over 12,000 lives.

Photographer Jonas Bendiksen covered the conflict from 2004 onwards, giving rare glimpses of daily life among the communist guerillas in the Himalayan hills, to following the tumultuous events leading to the overthrow of King Guyenendra's absolute rule in the spring of 2006.

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Large groups of Maoist cadres and... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's... 

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NEPAL. Accham District. 2004. Members of the Maoist People's... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. On Nepal's Army Day, King Gyanendra, inspects... 

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NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. The government-controlled towns outside... 

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NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Nepalgunj, Western Nepal's biggest government-held... 

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NEPAL. Near Nepalgunj. 2005. After a Maoist raid on the second... 

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NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village... 

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NEPAL. Daulatpur. 2005. Women grieve at the funeral of Nankai... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Tara BHATTARAI, a teacher from a rural... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Til Bahadur GURUNG, a former village-level... 

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NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. Trash fires fight the cold... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young Maoists singing revolutionary... 

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NEPAL. Kamal Bazaar. 2004. On the move for days, women rounded... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Female rebels break out in a smile... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Comrade Ranju, a 19-year old Nepali... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon commander and some of... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A man crawling across a rope at... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Young recruits for the Maoist militia... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. A platoon of Maoist soldiers during... 

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NEPAL. 2004. Village of Babiyachour. In the Maoist-run village... 

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NEPAL. Achham District. 2004. Locals cheer during a Maoist leader's... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. Although Katmandu is the most developed... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A bar.

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NEPAL. Gorkha. 2005. In the government-held village of Gorkha... 

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NEPAL. Nepalgunj. 2005. Streetscene from Nepalgunj, the biggest... 

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NEPAL. Katmandu. 2005. A view of Kathmandu from the Bhimsen Tower.... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Young protesters running and throwing... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Protesters rally against King Guyanendra.... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. On the 15th of April 2006, thousands... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. A Kathmandu Police Officer takes a break... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Police force troops attack demonstrators... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Protesters rally against King Guyanendra.... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Youth throwing rocks at the Armed Police... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Young protesters running and throwing... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Critically injured people lie on the... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Youth throwing rocks at the Armed Police... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Youth throwing rocks at the Armed Police... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Protesters rally against King Guyanendra.... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Debris of bricks and stones left after... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Protesters rally against King Guyanendra.... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. The front Page of the Kathmandu Post,... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Shoes and sandals left on the ground... 
Portfolio - Major Features 

Jonas Bendiksen 2006

Album: 10 images 
Portfolio - Bendiksen, Jonas 

2006

Album: 3 images 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. A protester who was shot dead on a rooftop... 

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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. A protester who was shot dead on a rooftop... 
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NEPAL. Kathmandu. 2006. Police chase after protesters. 
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