India, Myanmar choke terror supply routes

The armies of India and Myanmar have launched massive parallel operations to choke terror supply routes and deny North-east rebels free movement across the porous India-Myanmar border, reports MailOnlineIndia.
On the Indian side, operations have been initiated both in Nagaland and Manipur to preempt a repeat of June 4 ambush of an Army convoy. The Myanmar army has moved closer to the Indian border and is learnt to have put restrictions on the movement of goods, food and provisions being carried by individuals along the India-Myanmar border.
Intelligence agencies have warned of NSCN (K) and Manipur People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regrouping, forming teams to scout vulnerable points and target them. “There is a specific input about the vulnerability of Kohima-Kiphire highway. Besides,there is also an alert for Changlang, Joyrampur. The alert is not restricted to rebel movement in Manipur and Nagaland but extends to the Sibsagar district of Assam,” sources said. The information has been corroborated during the initial interrogation of recently arrested NSCN (K) commander Khumlo Abi Anal.
The Army has more clarity on the June 4 ambush which was carried out by three groups of NSCN (K) cadre of guided by PLA (I) cadre. The terror ambush team comprised 23 rebels. “Two were killed on the spot while 21 escaped after the ambush. None of these were hit in the Army operations mounted in Myanmar on June 9. But the current parallel operations is aimed to make it more difficult for terrorists to operate freely in the region,” sources added. Intelligence inputs indicate after the June 9 operations undertaken by 21 Para Special Forces and the fear of more operations being undertaken by Myanmar’s army, several training and logistics camps of the militants have temporarily shut down along the India-Myanmar border operating on the other side of the border.
“The North-east rebels have moved deeper into Sagaing. Initially they had some camps barely 5 to 15 km inside Myanmar. But now our information is that their bigger bases are at least 5-7 days walk from the border in the dense jungles. Several rebel outfits have their main bases in the Kachin province and operate with the blessings from elements in the Chinese army,” top sources at the Raisina Hill said.
Nay Pyi Taw was miffed with the reactions to the June 9 operations. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and foreign secretary S Jaishankar’s visit with a team of top military commanders has put defence cooperation on an even keel. A high-level delegation of Myanmar army led by their Army chief is to visit India and finetune the ongoing operations.
“The aim is to have real-time intelligence sharing on the movement of rebels and take real-time action on ground. The current operation will help choke supply routes and movement of these assorted terrorist groups. Myanmar has been very cooperative and we hope to have better actionable intelligence for swift on ground operations,” sources added.
This intelligence has enabled the Army to mount both hunt and kill operations for armed terrorists and simultaneously take action to prevent terrorists from striking Army convoys. There are inputs about terrorists planting IEDs to target convoys or resort to stand off attacks.

India, Myanmar choke terror supply routes

The armies of India and Myanmar have launched massive parallel operations to choke terror supply routes and deny North-east rebels free movement across the porous India-Myanmar border, reports MailOnlineIndia. On the Indian side, operations have been initiated both in Nagaland and Manipur to preempt a repeat of June 4 ambush of an Army convoy. The Myanmar army has moved closer to the Indian border and is learnt to have put restrictions on the movement of goods, food and provisions being carried by individuals along the India-Myanmar border. Intelligence agencies have warned of NSCN (K) and Manipur Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) regrouping, forming teams to scout vulnerable points and target them. There is a specific input about the vulnerability of Kohima-Kiphire highway. Besides,there is also an alert for Changlang, Joyrampur. The alert is not restricted to rebel movement in Manipur and Nagaland but extends to the Sibsagar district of Assam, sources said. The information has been corroborated during the initial interrogation of recently arrested NSCN (K) commander Khumlo Abi Anal. The Army has more clarity on the June 4 ambush which was carried out by three groups of NSCN (K) cadre of guided by PLA (I) cadre. The terror ambush team comprised 23 rebels. Two were killed on the spot while 21 escaped after the ambush. None of these were hit in the Army operations mounted in Myanmar on June 9. But the current parallel operations is aimed to make it more difficult for terrorists to operate freely in the region, sources added. Intelligence inputs indicate after the June 9 operations undertaken by 21 Para Special Forces and the fear of more operations being undertaken by Myanmars army, several training and logistics camps of the militants have temporarily shut down along the India-Myanmar border operating on the other side of the border. The North-east rebels have moved deeper into Sagaing. Initially they had some camps barely 5 to 15 km inside Myanmar. But now our information is that their bigger bases are at least 5-7 days walk from the border in the dense jungles. Several rebel outfits have their main bases in the Kachin province and operate with the blessings from elements in the Chinese army, top sources at the Raisina Hill said. Nay Pyi Taw was miffed with the reactions to the June 9 operations. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and foreign secretary S Jaishankars visit with a team of top military commanders has put defence cooperation on an even keel. A high-level delegation of Myanmar army led by their Army chief is to visit India and finetune the ongoing operations. The aim is to have real-time intelligence sharing on the movement of rebels and take real-time action on ground. The current operation will help choke supply routes and movement of these assorted terrorist groups. Myanmar has been very cooperative and we hope to have better actionable intelligence for swift on ground operations, sources added. This intelligence has enabled the Army to mount both hunt and kill operations for armed terrorists and simultaneously take action to prevent terrorists from striking Army convoys. There are inputs about terrorists planting IEDs to target convoys or resort to stand off attacks.