16-22 August 2013 #669

Headline

The price of peace

KUNDA DIXIT
The war came at a heavy cost, but Nepalis are also being made to pay for peace. The peace process so far has cost the national treasury Rs 20 billion, a lot of it wasted or embezzled.

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