Ex-child soldiers leave Nepal camps
Scores of former child soldiers, many in tears, boarded buses on Thursday for home, leaving a jungle detention camp where they have been held for three years and their lives as fighters behind.
The 155 youths were among some 3,000 minors known to have been affiliated with the Maoist rebels, who fought the Nepalese government for 10 years before laying down their arms in 2006 and joining mainstream politics.
Text and images: AP
Image: Former child soldiers line up to receive their pocket expenses and identity cards before leaving their camp in Dudhauli, Nepal, on Thursday, Jan.7 2010.
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