Will remove AFSPA from Northeast barring one or two States next year: Shah
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📌 Summary:
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah (June 11, 2026) said AFSPA will be withdrawn from the entire Northeast next year, barring one or two States.
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He linked the shrinking AFSPA footprint to improved peace and declining insurgency in the region.
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The statement was made after signing a tripartite MoU between the Centre, Assam and Nagaland on mineral oil operations in the Assam-Nagaland boundary areas.
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Reflects the government's strategy of progressively de-notifying "disturbed areas" as security improves.
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 Internal Security — links security forces' special powers, insurgency in NE, and the politics of the "disturbed area" notification; also touches centre-state cooperation.
📝 Prelims Facts:
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AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) was enacted in 1958; it applies only to areas declared "disturbed" under Section 3.
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Special powers (search, arrest without warrant, use of force) are granted to armed forces in such areas.
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AFSPA has progressively been removed from large parts of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura in recent years.
🔑 Key Term: Disturbed Area — a region notified by the Centre/State Governor under Section 3 of AFSPA where armed forces get special powers.
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