“Manipur Is Dynamite: Bharat’s Enemies Are Waiting for the Fuse”, GoaChronicle, 28 Sep 2026.

“Manipur today is not merely an ethnic conflict that India must somehow contain until tempers cool. It is becoming a strategic vulnerability on India’s eastern frontier, and every month that distrust hardens, weapons circulate, communities remain physically separated and armed groups retain the ability to operate, that vulnerability becomes more dangerous. Manipur is dynamite. The explosive material has accumulated over years; the danger now is that forces hostile to India need not manufacture the crisis themselves. They only need to understand its fault lines, penetrate them and wait for an opportunity to exploit them.

The latest violence should therefore disturb New Delhi deeply. In September 2026 alone, at least 13 people were reported killed in separate gun attacks across Tamenglong, Kangpokpi, Noney, Kamjong and Senapati districts. On September 25, four Tangkhul Naga civilians were killed in Pilong village in Kamjong district in an attack police attributed to suspected Myanmar-based KNA-B militants. Two more Naga civilians were killed in Senapati district the following day. Earlier in September, four people were killed in attacks on Kuki settlements in Tamenglong.

This is particularly alarming because the security problem is no longer confined neatly to the Meitei–Kuki-Zo confrontation that erupted in May 2023. Human Rights Watch reported this month that violence involving Naga and Kuki-Zo communities had killed at least 34 people since February 2026, while the wider conflict since 2023 has killed more than 260 people and displaced more than 60,000. Armed groups have been accused of burning homes, taking hostages, blocking highways and exchanging gunfire………”

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