New Delhi, March 20, 2025 (AFP) - Indian forces kill 30 Maoist rebels, one soldier dead

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2025-03-20

Indian forces killed at least 30 Maoist rebels Thursday in one of the deadliest jungle clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the decades-long "Naxalite" rebellion, whose members say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised people in India's resource-rich central regions. An Indian paramilitary soldier was also killed in one of two separate skirmishe......

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