Naga Peace Talks: 23 Years And Counting

NEW DELHI: It’s the longest running insurgency in Asia and negotiations have been on for over two decades now, yet a peace deal remains elusive for Naga insurgent groups. The issue (of Naga sovereignty) has been alive since India’s Independence and the ‘struggle’ led to the creation of smaller states from the undivided state of Assam. It has had its share of hope, betrayal and violence but the future seems uncertain. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale looks back at the Naga insurgency since its formative years.