Here is an excellent story on how veterans fight another battle long after they come home from the frontlines.  

 

Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/us/13vets.html?sq=war%20torn&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1200334175-il44NFVx6WAzYKJGJT0Z9A

 

 Across Nepal

The NA didn’t have to fight a major battle for a long time; the closest they came to being in battlefield is being in peacekeeping missions in the Middle Eastern countries. But this recent civil war has taken heavy toll on soldiers on both sides, even long after the war is over.

 

We have not really heard of any rise in criminal activities from the NA, and that could be because most of them are probably confined in the barracks today too, but a lot of the Maoist insurgents, who are now out of battlegrounds, are fighting their own wars, some quietly in confinements and some overtly on the streets, as YCL cadres.

 

There is an element of hooliganism in the behavior of YCL cadres, but couldn’t there be frustration and trepidation—either due to survivor guilt or due to killing of soldiers—associated with their unruly behavior? Some act in utter disregard for the rule of law, but couldn’t others be acting in just to regain normalcy in their lives? It has been easier for the YCL cadres to escape of any wrongdoing now, but would they, or more appropriately can they, change their behavior after the CA elections?

 

What will happen to this generation of soldiers in the NA who fought this battle but who haven’t yet come out from the confines of the barracks? Despite lack of any organized groups to support their unruly behavior, would this generation of NA come out in open, like YCL cadres, and vent their anger, frustration, and fear, or will they quietly mourn in their own ways?

NOPE psychologically ARMY men were fighting for their country, they were doing their jobs. On the otehr hand Maoists, deep inside their hearts know that they are terrorists. They killed people so that when their bosses take over they could become someone important. They have the guilt in their heads.
Army was fighting for their country (not for someone else's).

MN Nepali,

I think its the process that's gruelling and that which takes the toll on soldiers rather than which side they fought for or the satisfaction they get from being on the 'right' side. The end of both sides were different, but they probably went through similar horrors in the battlefields.

I mean, how can you lead a normal life when you have shot people (innocent or not), chopped off limbs, or have seen your entire group blown away into pieces? How can you lead a normal life when your heart pounds on the sight of every guy in camaflouge, in fear that he will probably shoot you point blank as well, just the way they did to your closest friend? How can you trust anyone?

Can we succesfully integrate these people into our society? If they do not receive family support or may be some help from the government, both these groups could end up on the streets, this time not as cadres or the NA but as homeless people!