KATHMANDU, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Nepal's anti-government forces detonated bombs in some government offices on Sunday in different parts of the country, police confirmed here.

    "The guerrillas detonated bomb at the Mid-western Road Division Number-4 Office at Birendranagar city of mid-western Surkhet district, some 700 km west of Kathmandu," District Police office said in a press statement.

    The explosion has damaged furniture and windowpanes of the office which is just 500 meters away from the District Police Office, the statement added.

    Meanwhile, a group of guerrillas detonated bombs at the District Education Office and Tropical Horticulture Development Center in Bidur city, the headquarters of central Nuwakot district, some 50 km northwest of Kathmandu, a local police officer said.

    "Office buildings, accommodation halls and nearby District Soil Conservation Office were partially damaged," Ramesh Kumar Panthi, police inspector at the District Police Office, added.

    Over 12,000 Nepalese people have been killed since the anti-government insurgency took place in the Himalayan kingdom in February 1996. Enditem