<p>India's northeastern states are now the most unsafe conflict theatre for security forces with 41 deaths this year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>These states accounted for 23 deaths of security personnel in 2014, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal.<br /><br />Eighteen Indian Army soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Manipur's Chandel district in a terrorist ambush on June 4, the worst-such attack in three decades.<br /><br />Thirty-four security personnel died this year while countering Maoists in various states affected by left-wing extremism.<br /><br />IndiaSpend earlier reported how these states regularly accounted for the highest number of terrorism-related deaths over the years.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir, another serious terrorism-affected zone in India, has seen 18 security personnel losing their lives this year.<br /><br />Kshmir ranks third this year in deaths of security personnel after Chattisgarh (28 deaths) and Manipur (20 deaths).<br /><br />Overall, India has lost 3,093 security personnel due to terrorist violence over the period 2005-2014, but yearly deaths have declined 63 percent since 2005.<br /><br />Responsibility for the June 4 attack was claimed by Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) or NSC (N), a Naga separatist outfit, and Kanglei Yawol KannaLup (KYKL), a Manipuri Meitei separatist outfit, both operating out of Myanmar.<br /><br />The Indian Army launched retributive action against the groups in two locations along the Indo-Myanmar border.<br /><br />The operation was conducted in co-ordination with Myanmar after the army received "credible and specific" intelligence inputs that further attacks were being planned, according to an official army statement. <br /></p>
<p>India's northeastern states are now the most unsafe conflict theatre for security forces with 41 deaths this year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>These states accounted for 23 deaths of security personnel in 2014, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal.<br /><br />Eighteen Indian Army soldiers were killed and 11 injured in Manipur's Chandel district in a terrorist ambush on June 4, the worst-such attack in three decades.<br /><br />Thirty-four security personnel died this year while countering Maoists in various states affected by left-wing extremism.<br /><br />IndiaSpend earlier reported how these states regularly accounted for the highest number of terrorism-related deaths over the years.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir, another serious terrorism-affected zone in India, has seen 18 security personnel losing their lives this year.<br /><br />Kshmir ranks third this year in deaths of security personnel after Chattisgarh (28 deaths) and Manipur (20 deaths).<br /><br />Overall, India has lost 3,093 security personnel due to terrorist violence over the period 2005-2014, but yearly deaths have declined 63 percent since 2005.<br /><br />Responsibility for the June 4 attack was claimed by Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) or NSC (N), a Naga separatist outfit, and Kanglei Yawol KannaLup (KYKL), a Manipuri Meitei separatist outfit, both operating out of Myanmar.<br /><br />The Indian Army launched retributive action against the groups in two locations along the Indo-Myanmar border.<br /><br />The operation was conducted in co-ordination with Myanmar after the army received "credible and specific" intelligence inputs that further attacks were being planned, according to an official army statement. <br /></p>