The Centre on Monday extended the ban on the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) (NSCN-K), along with all its factions, wings and front organisations, for another five years over its involvement in activities “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India.” The ban will come into effect on September 28, a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification said.

The government observed that NSCN-K has declared its aim of creating a “sovereign Nagaland” by seceding from the Union of India and incorporating Naga-inhabited areas of the Indo-Myanmar region. It has also “aligned itself with other unlawful associations like the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) [ULFA (I)], People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and People’s Liberation Army (PLA),” the noti

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