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Haflong: The NSCN wants the Government of India to spell out loud and clear whether there is a ceasefire in 'Naga areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh'.
In a press statement, the Publicity and Information Bureau of the self-styled Government of the People's Republic of Nagalim stated that the premeditated attack on the 'Naga Army' camp in Assam recently has once again pushed the hard-earned Indo-Naga peace process to the brink of collapse.
The incident occurred at the adjoining forest area of New Kubin village and Herakilua village when one of the cluster camps of 'Naga Army' under the lloi Hau Battalion was attacked by the combined forces of the Indian Security forces and Assam Police on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. During the heavy exchange of fire, casualties from both sides have been incurred. The villagers were not allowed to come near the spot where bodies of deceased and injured army men were loaded into their trucks, it was stated.
The statement cited eyewitnesses' accounts, according to which many Indian soldiers were either killed or fatally wounded during the gun battle. Three NSCN rebels were killed in the firing, it was stated.
"It is clearly on record that when a ceasefire was declared in 1997, the essence of self-restraint among the combatants and showing mutual respect between the opposing camps was instilled primarily to create conducive atmosphere for peace parley. This spirit of cooperation cannot be subjected to a particular area, for the same reason that it does not make sense to be fighting in one place and talking peace in another place at the same time. Against this backdrop, a joint statement was issued on June 14, 2001, stating that the ceasefire agreement was between the government of India and the NSCN as two entities without territorial limits."
In line with this agreement, NSCN camps exist and operate in all Naga-inhabited areas, maintaining the ground rules of the ceasefire agreement. However, they alleged that Indian security forces had in the past repeatedly violated this very spirit of ceasefire on one pretext or another.
"Naga Army cannot afford to be victims of such ambiguities. These unprovoked attacks constitute a reprehensible violation and unilateral abrogation of the ceasefire agreement, a betrayal of diplomatic efforts and deliberate undermining of the ongoing peace initiatives. It is high time the Government of India spells out loud and clear whether there is a ceasefire in Naga areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, and accordingly they will deem these areas as conflict zones if so desired," the statement further said.
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