End Of Insurgency In The Northeast?

Northeast India’s insurgents are on the run in Myanmar, their last refuge, with the Tatmadaw (the Myanmar armed forces) launching intense offensive flush out operations in Taga area in north-western Sagaing division on the eastern part of Chindwin river, an area under the control of Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim or NSCN (K).

- Sunzu Bachaspatimayum

The Taga adjoins the border town of Moreh in Manipur and is about 60 kilometres away from Moreh. The ground zero of the action is also known as the unified command area of the umbrella group called the United National Liberation Front of Western South-East Asia (UNLFWESE), founded under the aegis of the NSCN (K). The conglomerate of northeast insurgent outfits comprises United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), the Songbijit-led faction of the National Democratic Front Of Bodoland (NDFB-S), the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), the People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), and the Manipuri militant outfits like the People’s Liberation Army of Manipur (PLA), the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF).