Insurgent violence

Thailand

Date: October 19th, 2004 |

The southern provinces of Yala and Pattani continue to experience insurgent violence, with frequent attacks on administration offices and police stations. Some attacks have been attempts to steal weapons, causing officials to start a recall of some 10,000 guns handed out to villagers for self-defense. Security forces in the provinces remain on full alert. Violence [read more]

India

Date: June 15th, 2004 |

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A pro-Pakistan insurgent group attacked a hotel full of Indian tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir June 12, killing five and wounding 23, then warned all tourists to stay away from Kashmir. A record 100,000 tourists have visited the valley this year, prompting militants to try to scare them away. Two major separatist groups condemned the attack [read more]

Thailand

Date: April 21st, 2004 |

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The troubled southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala have now had rail service suspended because of the killing of a railway official by gunmen on motorcycles. The killing came a few days after workers in Pattani thwarted an effort to derail a train. Officials blame the violence in the area on Islamic separatists. Martial [read more]

Nepal

Date: October 21st, 2003 |

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Maoists abducted a British official who was part of a team recruiting Gurkha soldiers in what represents the first abduction of a foreigner since the insurgency began. He was released two days later. Maoists also attacked the Gaida Wildlife Resort in the Chitwan district in the central Terai, forcing German tourists staying there to evacuate [read more]

Laos

Date: August 12th, 2003 |

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The U.S. State Department recommends avoiding road travel between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang, and travel or other activities in the areas surrounding Vang Vieng. Buses and bus stations have been attacked in these areas as well as in Vientiane in the past several weeks, especially along route 13, the main road to Luang Prabang. [read more]

India

Date: August 31st, 2004 |

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A low-level insurgency that has been running since 1979 in the northeastern state of Assam claimed four lives and wounded dozens when a bus bomb blew up, a police vehicle hit a land mine and a grenade was tossed into a crowded market near the capital, Gauhati. Later, two large bombs exploded in Gauhati causing [read more]

Nepal

Date: May 4th, 2004 |

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Maoists have called for a series of actions against the government in May, beginning with “offensive actions throughout the nation” through May 9, then “block movement of all government vehicles” May 10-17 and a “nationwide general strike” May 18-20. Road travel at these times, especially outside the Kathmandu Valley, may be dangerous, and all travel [read more]

Laos

Date: January 7th, 2004 |

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The U.S. Embassy in Vientiane does not permit personnel to travel overland in the Vang Vieng-Kasi region because of sporadic violent attacks on vehicles in the area over the last several months. Many of these attacks have occurred on Route 13 between Vang Vieng and Luang Phrabang, but others have happened on Route 7 from [read more]

Laos

Date: September 2nd, 2003 |

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New attacks on buses occurred recently, this time in northern Laos in and around Sam Neua, the capital of Huaphan province. These attacks follow incidents earlier in August in the Vang Vieng-Kasi area, especially along Route 13, and suggest that the threat of attacks is not diminishing. The Lao government has been known to shut [read more]

South Africa

Date: January 14th, 2003 |

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The extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, which has been responsible for a number of bombings around South Africa in the last two months and aims to overthrow the government, is not just a political organization but a fundamentalist cult devoted to the prophecies of the so-called Boer visionary Johannes van Rensburg (1862-1926). Driven by religious zeal, [read more]

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