Army faces Assam ethnic 'minefield'

December 31, 2014 11:36

The Indian Army has again waded into the minefield of ethnic rivalries in Assam, this time more practised but still wary of the political dirt its actions will throw up. Army chief General Dalbir Singh gave orders for an intensification of the drive against the NDFB (Songbijit) faction of militants, upping the total number of mobile columns of the army and the Assam Rifles to 77. Read more

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