Monday, July 20, 2015

Insurgency Re-run: Tracking the resurgence of violence in India's northeast


Bibhu Prasad Routray

Jane's Terrorism & Insurgency Monitor, 7 July 2015


Key Points


  • A new coalition of ethnic insurgent groups has launched a spate of attacks across India's Northeast since April, including the killing of at least 18 soldiers in Manipur on 4 June.
  • The emergence of the United National Liberation Front of Western Southeast Asia marks a notable deterioration in the security situation in the northeast, which had seen a steady decrease  in insurgent violence since 2002.
  • The episode has underlined the fragile nature of the various ceasefires and the peace processes in the northeast and highlighted the importance of cross-border cooperation with Myanmar.   


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