US reviews terror tag on Nepal govt

A senior US official said on Wednesday that during a meeting with the Nepalese government he had raised the possible removal of the country's ruling Maoists from a Washington terrorist blacklist.
"I had a constructive meeting with the prime minister," Richard Boucher, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, told reporters.
They had discussed "lifting the terrorist tag," he said, without elaborating.
"We want a good relationship with the current government," he added.
Former rebel leader Prachanda became Nepal's prime minister last year after a landslide election victory.
The Maoists had fought a decade-long insurgency that claimed at least 13,000 lives, and they remain on the US terrorist blacklist despite being in power.