Nepal Becoming No-go Zone

Canada stays as other aid agencies pull out after attacks on humanitarian workers

Published May 25, 2005

The extraordinary move of four foreign aid agencies this month to suspend operations in Kalikot, one of the poorest districts of Nepal, came after two staff members were reportedly beaten, asked to dig their own graves, and robbed by Maoist rebels.

Canada's development agency, which runs projects in three nearby communities, wasn't part of that group of donor nations, which included Britain, Germany,...

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