The Army and Assam Rifles launched a series of operations against Northeast terrorist groups located in Myanmar on the night of October 21 and 22, 2025. Contact established with terrorists at 6th Mile Camp village area in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh was followed by exchanges of fire between the two sides, which lasted for several hours. Also part of this operation was a well-coordinated cross-border drone strike launched against the National Socialist Council of Nagaland’s Khaplang Yung Aung group (NSCN-(K-YA)) camps inside Myanmar on the evening of October 19, targeting its top leadership.

The drones specifically hit the camp of self-styled Major General Peyong Konyak, a senior NSCN (K-YA) commander believed to be the key mastermind behind the recent attack on an Assam Rifles Company Operating Base (COB) in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Five terrorists, including three of Peyong’s personal bodyguards, were killed in the attack.

The drone strike was an added response to the military action on the ground after a series of assaults by terrorists in the region. On October 16, suspected NSCN (K-YA) terrorists had attacked an Assam Rifles COB at Hedman, along the Indo-Myanmar border in Changlang. In a separate incident, ULFA (I) cadres launched an attack on an Army base at Koomsang under Kakopathar police station in Assam’s Tinsukia district, injuring three Army personnel.

The ULFA (I) terrorists were armed with under-barrel grenade launchers and automatic rifles during the assault. On the next day, October 17, ULFA (I) terrorists........

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