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India: Operation at Myanmar border over
January 23, 2008: (UPI) New Delhi, The Indian army said it has busted all militant camps in the Samtal Saliant region along the Indo-Myanmar border.
"The Army has completed its operations aimed at clearing the Samtal Salient region, a 1,000-square-kilometer area on the Indo-Burma border in Manipur, of camps set up by militants of the outlawed United National Liberation Front group," a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
He said the final assault was conducted Jan. 10. The operation was crucial because UNLF had long declared Samtal Salient as a liberated zone, the spokesman said.
The area is the southeastern tip of Manipur state, along the porous Indo-Myanmarese border. The army said villagers fled the area several months ago, as UNLF had extensively mined the area.