KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal’s army killed at least 10 communist rebels during a gunbattle in the fiercest fighting since the guerrillas ended a cease-fire earlier this month, a defense ministry spokesman said on Friday.The rebels were killed in the clash Thursday at Chitre area, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu, Defense Ministry spokesman Bhupendra Poudel said. A large number of arms and ammunition were recovered after the gunfight, Poudel said.
Comment from the rebels wasn’t immediately available, and it wasn’t possible to independently confirm the army’s version of events.