South Asia Conflict Monitor

South Asia Conflict Monitor (SACM) aims to provide in-depth analyses, country briefs, brief sketches of important players and a timeline of major events on issues relating to armed conflicts, insurgencies, and terrorism. It also aims to cover government strategies on conflict resolution and related policies to tackle these risks and crises.

South Asia Conflict Monitor is a monthly bulletin designed to provide quality information and actionable intelligence for the policy and research communities, the media, business houses, law enforcement agencies, and general readers by filtering relevant open-source information and intelligence gathered from the ground contacts and sources.

South Asia Conflict Monitor is scheduled to be published at the beginning of each calendar month, assessing events and developments of the previous month.

Editor: Animesh Roul (Executive Director, Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, New Delhi). Email: animeshroul@GMAIL.com/ sspconline@GMAIL.com

Editorial Advisor: Nihar R. Nayak (Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi)  

September 2021

September 2021

Afghanistan: Challenges before Taliban Emirate 2.0 

India: Dimasa National Liberation Army, Assam

News Roundup: AUGUST  2021

 August 2021

AUGUST 2021

ASSAM-MIZORAM BORDER TENSIONS EXPOSED INDIA’S NORTHEAST VULNERABILITIES

Brief No.1: Ansar Ghazwat-ul- Hind: Lingering Al Qaeda influence in Kashmir and Beyond

Brief No.2: Martyrs' Memorial Week celebration by CPI-Maoist

News Roundup: JULY 2021

 July 2021

JULY 2021

RESURGENCE OF TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS

Brief No.1: Bangladesh: Restructuring of Hefazat-e-Islam

Brief No.2: India: NSCN-IM’s resistance to peace attempts in Assam

News Roundup: JUNE 2021

June 2021

JUNE 2021

HEFAZAT-E-ISLAM BANGLADESH: A WHIRLWIND IN FORMATION

Brief No.1: India: Assam’s New Peace Talks offers to ULFA-I

Brief No.2: The Maldives: Reframing Counter Terrorism Policy

 News Roundup: MAY 2021

May 2021

MAY 2021

Veiled Threat: Burqa, Madrasa and the Problem of Radicalisation in Sri Lanka

Brief No.1: "Maoist Trends in India: A Combination of Mass and Mine Warfare" 

Brief No.2: "Afghanistan Peace Process: An Assessment"

 News Roundup: APRIL 2021

APRIL 2021

APRIL 2021

Anti-Shia Violence: Widening Sectarian Schism in Pakistan

Brief-1: Bangladesh: Free Speech, Extremism and Rule of Law

Brief-2: Myanmar coup: Implications in north-eastern region of India

 News Roundup: March 2021

November 2020

NOVEMBER 2020

 

Country News Roundup: October 2020

October 2020

OCTOBER 2020

NEPAL: Assessing the Threat of Religious Conversion and Radicalisation 

Country Briefs and News Roundup: September 2020

September 2020

SEPTEMBER 2020

Nagaland: Elusive Reconciliations and Lingering Peace Process 

Country Briefs and News Roundup: August 2020

August 2020

AUGUST 2020

Balochistan: State Suppression Under Chinese Pressure

Country Briefs and News Roundup: July 2020

July 2020

July 2020

India-China Border Dispute: De-escalation will Depend on Geopolitical Dynamics

Country Briefs and News Roundup: June 2020

June 2020

June 2020

Resolving India-Nepal Border Disputes: Bilateral Dialogue or Track II?

Country Briefs and News Roundup: MAY 2020

May 2020

May 2020

INDIA: Assessing Major Conflict Theatres amid COVID-19 Pandemic
 

Country Briefs and News Roundup: APRIL 2020

April 2020

April 2020

Pakistan and COVID-19 Pandemic: Is the Army Taking Advantage?

Country Briefs and News Roundup: March 2020

March 2020

March 2020

NEPAL: New Left-Wing Extremism and Impending Threat
 

Country Briefs and News Roundup: February 2020

February 2020

February 2020

Preventing Violent Extremism in the Maldives: President Solih Approach

Country Briefs and News Roundup: January 2020

"SACM DEC 2019"

January 2020

BANGLADESH: Containing Islamist Resurgence and Radicalism

Country Briefs and News Roundup: December 2019

"SACM DEC 2019"

December 2019

Myanmar: Rohingya Muslims of Rakhine: Still Caught Between the Deep Sea and the Devil

Country Briefs and News Roundup: November 2019

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November 2019

·  SRI LANKA: Presidential elections: Will minorities become Kingmakers?

·  NAXAL Movement in India: A Historical Anthology

Country Briefs and News Roundup: October  2019

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October 2019

AFGHANISTAN: “Elusive Dialogue: Peace Talks That Never Took Off”

Country Briefs and News Roundup: September 2019

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May 2016

·  India: Islamic State intends to influence Kashmir jihad

·  Bangladesh: Al Qaeda’s local franchise Ansar-al Islam strikes at will

·  Militant Masterminds Of South Asia:

1.Masood Azhar, Pakistan Terror Ideologue

2.Mohammad Asif: Leading Al Qaeda in India?

Country Briefs and News Roundup: April 2016

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Volume 1, Number 12 (May 2014)

BHUTAN: People without a Home: Bhutanese Refugees and Third Country Rehabilitation

  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 11 (April 2014)

INDIA: India: 2014 Parliamentary Elections and Challenges from Rebel Groups

  • GUEST COMMENTARY: Northeast India: The Emerging Scenarios -- Dr. Namrata Goswami
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 10 (March 2014)

SRI LANKA: Buddhists: Peace Messenger to Terror Monk[ger]

  • Profile I - Jamaat-ul-Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB): Resurgence of Bengali Taliban
  • Profile II - A Brief Sketch of Slain Taliban Leader Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 9 (February 2014)

INDIA: Is the CPI (Maoist) Losing Ground?

  • Profile I: Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO): Northeast Militant Fights for Independent Kamatapur
  • Profile II: Brief Sketch of Gummadavalli V.K. Prasad (a.k.a Gudsa Usendi) of CPI Maoist
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 8 (January 2014)

BANGLADESH: Are the January 2014 Parliamentary Elections Legitimate?

  • Brief-I: Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh: Transnational Islamist Movement
  • Brief-II: CorCOM: The Militant Conglomerate of Manipur
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 7 (December 2013)

PAKISTAN: Between Devil and Disease

  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 6 (November 2013)

NEPAL: The Rough Road Ahead

  • Profile: The Federal Limbuwan State Council (FLSC)
  • Profile: Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS)
  • Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba: Campus Radicals of Pakistan 
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 5 (October 2013)

Bangladesh: Lull before the Autumn Thunder

  • Guest Commentary: SRI LANKA: Northern Provincial Council Elections: What Next? (Author: Smruti S. Pattanaik)
  • Profile: Ravana Balaya (RB), Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami: A Brief Sketch
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 4 (September 2013)

Maldives: Unholy Alliances Against Democracy

  • Bodu Bala Sena (BBS): Buddhist Army of Sri Lanka
  • Ansar-al Aseer: Jihadi ‘Jail Breakers’ of Pakistan  
  • Jamiyyatul Salaf (JS): The Islamists of the Archipelago
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 3 (August 2013)

Taming the Rebels: India’s Negotiations with the ULFA

  • Guest Commentary: “Nepal: Struggling Himalayan Democracy” (Author:
    Post Bahadur Basnet)
  • Paresh Barua: Elusive Militant Mastermind of Northeast India
  • Chronology of ULFA-Government Peace Talks
  • Profile: Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha- Rajan Mukti Faction
  • Profile: Manipur Naga People’s Front (MNFP)
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 2 (July 2013)

Karachi: Pakistan’s Soft Underbelly

  • Karachi: Major Terrorist Incidents: 2003-2013
  • Profile:  Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), Bangladesh
  • Junood-ul Hafsa, Pakistan
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events
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Volume 1, Number 1 (June 2013)

Resurgence of the Rabid Red: Maoist Menace in India

  •  Salwa Judum (Peace March)
  • Brief Profile of Hefajat-e-Islam (Hel), Bangladesh
  • Country Briefs and Timelines of Events