Mizoram and Assam ink pact on border hands-off

Assam and Mizoram inked an agreement on Thursday to keep their police and forest guards away from the troubled inter-state border as the first tangible step towards easing tension in the area and maintaining continuity of talks to end their decades-old territory dispute. As decided by the Union home ministry, neutral forces will remain in charge of the disputed zone straddling the three Barak Valley districts of Assam and two in Mizoram. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J August 06, 2021 at 01:03AM