Province No. 1 (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2009

A dialogue held between the Government and the Kirat Janabadi Workers Party (KJWP), a Terai-based underground outfit, in Dharan on January 18 ended with a five-point agreement, reports Kantipuronline. The Government agreed on releasing detained KJWP activists, treating their cadres as political activists, providing security to the outfit's dialogue team, implementing the International Labour Organisation Convention No. 169 concerning indigenous people, among others. Likewise, the KJWP agreed to withdraw all protests and illegal activities. The Government also agreed on reconsidering some agenda of the 19-point demand forwarded by the KJWP and carrying out additional homework for their next dialogue. Read less...