Nepal returns to calm as first woman PM takes charge, visits wounded


Family members of a victim, who died during clashes with security personnel, mourn as they wait outside the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to receive the victim's dead body amid ongoing unrest in Kathmandu on September 12, 2025. Grieving families of those killed in Nepal's anti-corruption demonstrations say they hope the deaths will not be in vain, as the protesters' choice of interim prime minister took charge on September 13. - Photo by PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP

KATHMANDU (AFP): Nepal's newly appointed interim prime minister began work on Saturday by visiting young protesters wounded in the deadly anti-corruption rallies that ousted her predecessor.

Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, was tasked a day earlier with restoring order and addressing protesters' demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in six months.

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