Nepalese prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal annnounces his resignation in Kathmandu. Photograph: Pradeep Shrestha/AFP/Getty ImagesNepal In Crisis As Maoist PM Quits -- AFP
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda resigned on Monday, plunging the country into a major political crisis triggered by a stand-off between his ex-rebels and the army chief.
In a televised address to the nation, Prachanda said he was stepping down in response to an "unconstitutional and undemocratic" move by Nepal's president to stop the elected Maoist government from sacking the army chief.
He also warned that the impoverished nation's 2006 peace deal, which ended a decade of civil war that left 13,000 dead, was in danger of falling apart.
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