In the early hours of the 1st of September 2026, as many as four (4) Liangmai Naga villages under Kangpokpi came under coordinated attacks from the Kuki militant and narco-terrorist groups under the command of Jangboi Kipgen, Home Secretary of the Kuki National Front-Presidential (KNF-P) in collusion with the Kuki National Army (KNA).
A person by the name Luithuibou Newmai, pastor of Tapon village church was shot at and critically injured, while several houses of three Naga villages namely Makui Pipuram, Lower Tapon and Middle Tapon were completely burnt down to ashes. As these three villages were up in flames, the Kuki militants were launching offensive against the Upper Tapon village till early afternoon. The coordinated armed attacks on four Naga villages were carried out by the KNF-P and KRA cadres led by Jangboi Kipgen, who is also the Home Secretary of the United People’s Front (UPF) an umbrella organisation of Kuk-Zo militant groups operating in Manipur. These Kuki militant groups are under the Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement with the Government of India.
The Liangmai Nagas have been under a constant and series of attack from the Kuki militant and narco-terrorist groups since the past few months. The modus operandi of the migrant Kuki’s unleashing repetitive armed offensive within the jurisdiction of Kangpokpi is clearly intended to effect a demographic change. The landless Kukis are utilising and employing this pattern of attacks to establish their hegemony over the ancestral land of the Nagas by uprooting us from our homes. This sinister mechanism is being deployed by the Kukis against the Nagas living in an adverse strategic situation.
In the wake of this existential threats, the Working Committee of the Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) reaffirmed its call for strengthening solidarity of all the Nagas living across the artificial territorial boundaries. The Nagas must shed their temporal and ideological differences, and stand up together to protect our God given land, identity and people. While we condemn the acts of terror perpetrated by the kuki militant and narco-terrorist groups, the Tangkhul Naga community is unequivocally exasperated over the inaction of the responsible governments to rein in the Kuki cadres operating under the Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement. The Nagas are closely watching the unprovoked and relentless offences being carried out against us in our land, and the day when the situation escalated beyond control will be the sole responsibility of the State and Central government.
Issued by Media Cell
Working Committee, TNL
