National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) ban for an additional 5 years

The Government of India, through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has declared the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), commonly known as NSCN(K), as an "unlawful association." The ban was formally extended in September 2025 for an additional five years.

1. The Official Notification

Northeast leads in terror casualties but Central eyes on J&K

India- composed of thousands of tribes is experiencing different types of national or regional movements. Among them, some of the notable movement by an insurgent group is Jamu and Kashmir. While the Central government pay a maximum attention in the hill state of J&K, casualties due to insurgency is maximum in the opposite site i.e. the North East of India. As reported by IANS.

India's restive northeastern region saw the maximum number of fatalities in terror strikes in 2008, surpassing Jammu and Kashmir in the latest figures released by an independent security think tank.

The northeast, particularly Assam and Manipur, has turned into a veritable killing field with the region accounting for 1,057 deaths compared to 539 casualties in Kashmir in the past year.

According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), a New Delhi-based security analysis agency, Assam reported 372 fatalities while the death toll in Manipur was 500, second only to Kashmir, which recorded 539 deaths.

The SATP figures show that the total number of deaths in the northeast has increased from 640 in 2006 to 1,057 in 2008.

And most of the casualties in the northeastern states like Assam, Manipur, and Tripura were in towns and cities with urban terrorism rearing its ugly head in a new trend.

Manipur, the state where I hail from produce(s) almost fifty insurgent groups. SATP listed the following insugent groups from Manipur.

Proscribed Terrorist/Insurgent Groups

• Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)
• Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL)
• Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF)
• People's Liberation Army (PLA)
• People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
• United National Liberation Front (UNLF)

Active Terrorist/Insurgent Groups

• Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
• Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)
• Kuki National Army (KNA)
• Kuki National Front (KNF)
• Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA)
• National Socialist Council of Nagaland -- Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
• People's United Liberation Front (PULF)
• United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)
• Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA)
• Zou Defence Volunteer
  

Inactive Terrorist/ Insurgent Groups

• Chin Kuki Revolutionary Front (CKRF)
• Hmar People's Convention (HPC)
• Hmar Revolutionary Front (HRF)
• Indigenous People's Revolutionary Alliance (IRPA)
• Iripak Kanba Lup (IKL)
• Islamic Revolutionary Front (IRF)
• Islamic National Front (INF)
• Kangleipak Kanba Kanglup (KKK)
• Kangleipak Liberation Organisation (KLO)
• Kom Rem People's Convention (KRPC)
• Kuki Defence Force (KDF)
• Kuki Independent Army (KIA)
• Kuki International Force (KIF)
• Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)
• Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
• Kuki National Volunteers (KNV)
• Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF)
• Kuki Security Force (KSF)
• Manipur Liberation Tiger Army (MLTA)
• North East Minority Front (NEMF)
• People's Republican Army (PRA)
• Revolutionary Joint Committee (RJC)
• United Islamic Liberation Army (UILA)
• United Islamic Revolutionary Army (UIRA)
• Zomi Revolutionary Volunteers (ZRV)

There are several more insurgent groups in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

So, what is the value of North East India states and Jamu and Kashmir in India's security? I am in the opinion that, if the Government of India pay equal attention in the NE Indian states as that of Jammu and Kashmir, there would be no insurgent or there would be atleast some outcome in the NE region.

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