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In a first, Assam extends AFSPA term on its own
September 4 , 2017
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- Assam government on September 1, 2017 extended the term of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and declared the state as a Disturbed Area for six more months.
- This is the first time the state government has extended the AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. In the past, AFSPA in the state was always extended by the Centre.
- Assam has remained a “disturbed area” under provisions of the AFSPA for nearly 27 years, with the Centre invoking the AFSPA on November 27, 1990, following incidents of violence by the ULFA activists.
- Presently AFSPA is enforced in the 6 states of North East (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland) and Jammu and Kashmir.
- It was lifted in Tripura in May 2015.
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