Rebel Territory in Nepal

" PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE "

An 18-year-old Maoist soldier poses with her rifle in the village of Gairigaon. Asina—her party name, which means ""Frozen Rain"" or hail—says she joined the revolt three years ago

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