Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extends ceasefire with 3 NSCN factions

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday extended the ceasefire agreement with the three factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) by one year till April 27, 2023.

According to MHA's statement, the ceasefire agreements are in operation between Centre and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/Reformation (NSCN/R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango (NSCN/K-Khango).

"It was decided to extend the ceasefire agreements for a further period of one year with effect from April 28, to April 27, 2023 with NSCN/NK and NSCN/R and from April 18 to April 17, 2023 with NSCN/K-Khango," the statement read.

The Ministry also informed that these agreements were signed on April 19.

The three outfits - NSCN/NK, NSCN/R, NSCN/K-Khango - are breakaway factions of dominant groups NSCN-IM and NSCN-K.

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