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Indias federal government on Sunday called off a six-week truce with separatist rebels in Assam and ordered the resumption of military operations in the northeastern state, the states top official said.
The decision to end the Aug. 13 cease-fire follows an escalation in violence and extortion threats by rebels belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom, or ULFA, Assam Chief Secretary S. Kabilan told The Associated Press.
We have been instructed to resume military operations in view of the ULFA resuming its violence and extortion drives, Kabilan said.
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