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The armed conflict initiated on February 13, 1996 by the then (Maoist) Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) against the state, ended on November 21, 2006 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). During the armed conflict the CPN-M had formed a guerrilla force, 19,602 people strong, to fight against the state, 3,846 (19.63 percent) of which were female. The decade-long armed struggle caused the nation enormous human and economic loses. According to the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, 17,886 people were killed, 1,530 were disappeared, 79,571 persons were displaced, 3,142 persons were abducted, 8,935 persons were disabled, 9,000 women became widows, 620 children became orphans, and the property of 17,484 people was damaged, causing the country multi-billions in economic loses.