Terrorism in India's northeast not govt priority: US cable - Times of India

LONDON: Terrorism in India's northeastern states, where civilian deaths due to militancy "has been declining" over the years, is not a priority for the government, according to secret US cables published by WikiLeaks .

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Cables released by the whistle-blower website show that US diplomats in New Delhi feel that terrorism in India's northeast states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and Meghalaya has attracted "little attention" from the government. Cables released by the whistle-blower website show that US diplomats in New Delhi feel that terrorism in India's northeast states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and Meghalaya has attracted "little attention" from the government. "This variant of Indian terrorism, like Naxalism , attracts little attention from Delhi," according to the cable dated April 18, 2006 from New Delhi.

Terrorism in India's northeast not govt priority: US cable - Times of India