- http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/306/Nation/12154 Media-savvy Maoists took journalists last week to their mountain hideout at Kami Danda four hours walk from the Banepa highway to show off their military preparedness. The all-women unit of the ‘people’s liberation army’ go through their paces amidst lush monsoon scenery, drilling, taking up mock battle positions, crawling and crouching along the grass. The fighters in the front hold the prize weapons, a Heckler & Koch G36 captured from the army, an AK-47 and an assortment of SLRs and INSAS rifles. But at the back most have bolt-action .303s and some have no guns at all. The Maoist intention with this photo-op was obviously a bit of sabre-rattling to remind Kathmandu that they are still around and battleready. It was meant to impress, and it worked. Kathmandu-based photojournalists couldn’t get enough of the guns on display even posing with a G36. Somewhere along the line the whole thing transformed itself from an insurgency into a tourist attraction.