The death of NSCN-K chief SS Khaplang may pave the way for peace talks with the hardline Naga rebel group, bringing about a possible change in the insurgency theatre in the Northeast. “Khaplang was the main person who was supporting and facilitating insurgency in the Northeast and had a clout. Editor of the Dimapur-based English daily Nagaland Page, Monalisa Changkija, said it was too early to say whether peace will return to the Northeast following the death of Khaplang. It is difficult to predict just a day after Khaplang’s death as to how the situation will evolve,” she said. Khaplang, along with Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, had formed the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) in 1980.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2017 08:03 UTC