Peace accord jeopardized by status of Maoist combatants in Nepal

In May, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned his post after a dispute with the country´s president over the dismissal of the army chief.  

Dahal is a former commander of Nepal´s Maoist rebels.  With the removal of his Maoist party from government, the country is mired in a political deadlock and many fear a collapse of the peace process brokered in 2006, after a decade of fierce fighting.

The accord relies heavily on the integration of almost 20,000 disarmed Maoist rebels, who have been staying for almost three years in UN-monitored camps.  And the current term of a UN mission monitoring the peace process expired Thursday. From Khatmandu, FSRN´s Rachel Ingersoll reports.