New Delhi: The Myanmar army is reported to have launched a major operation along the border with India to root out training camps of the banned ULFA and to flush out its cadres.
According to reports reaching, heavily armed Myanmar troops have launched operations in border areas adjoining Manipur and the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Myanmar troops, according to the reports, are pounding areas where the ULFA is suspected to have set up new camps.
The operations in Myanmar came close on the heels of the Indian Army resuming military operations against the ULFA in Assam after the Centre withdrew a truce with the group on September 24.
According to experts, the tandem operations are aimed at catching the ULFA cadres in a dragnet, giving them little chance to escape.
The operations by the armies of both countries follows recent top-level visits by Myanmar military officials to New Delhi and Indian Defence Ministry officials to Yangon.
The Centre resumjed military operations against the ULFA after it failed to give a written commitment about joining direct talks and stepped up attacks against civilians and soft targets, officials said.
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