User:Sailingsmooth5/Insurgency in the chittagong hill tracts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict

Shanti Bahini insurgents, photographed on 5 May 1994.
DateFirst Phases c. 1977 – 2 December 1997 (20 years)
Second Phases c. 2017 – present
Location
Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Result First Phases : Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
Second Phases : Ongoing
Belligerents
Supported by:
Commanders and leaders

Bangladesh Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin

Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
Units involved
Paramilitary Forces:Law Enforcement:
Strength
  • 115,000–150,000[2]
Casualties and losses
6,000+ combatants killed (partial list)[5]

3,500–25,000 civilians
(Bengali settlers and indigenous villagers)[3]

Total 30,000 Killed[3]

setup:

Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Date2 December 1997 - present
Location
Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Somo Adhikar Andolon
Jago Parbattyabasi Other Bengali settler groups

PCJSS-R
UPDF-D
Mog Party
ALP[6]		 PCJSS
UPDF

KNF

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh Shahabuddin Ahmed
Bangladesh Badruddoza Chowdhury
Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin
Bangladesh Major General Abdus Salam
Bangladesh Major General Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan
Bangladesh Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman rcds, ndc, afwc, PSC, PhD

Bangladesh Lieutenant General Waker-uz-Zaman

Sudha Sindhu Khisa
Shyamol Khanti
Khoilang
Khaing Ray Khaing

Khaing Kyaw Khaing		 Santu Larma
Prasit Khisa

Nathan Bom

Vanchun Lian Master
Units involved

Government Forces:
 Bangladesh Armed Forces

Paramilitaries:
Bangladesh Rifles
Bangladesh Ansar
Bangladesh Police
Village Defense Parties

Rapid Action Battalion
Armed Bengali Settlers

PCJSS-R (armed cadres)
UPDF-D (armed cadres)
Mog Party

Arakan Liberation Army

PCJSS (armed cadres)

UPDF		 Kuki Chin National Army
Strength

Bangladesh Bangladesh:
Bangladesh ~50,000 army personnel

unknown paramilitary personnel

PCJSS: 10,000 - 11,000 armed cadres (all factions)
UPDF: 9,000 - 11,000 armed cadres (all factions)
Mog Party:

3,000 - 4,000 armed cadres		 2,000 - 4,000
Casualties and losses

Bangladesh:

16+ killed[7]

Bengali Settler Groups:

190 Bengali settlers killed (mostly civilian)[7]

PCJSS-R:
92 killed

UPDF-D:
10 killed

PCJSS:

204 killed

UPDF: 321 killed ALA:

unknown

KNF:

Dozens killed
200+ civilians displaced
2,199 killed overall (1997-2017)[8]
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nyt11Jun1989 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Dowlah, Caf (2013). "Jumma insurgency in Chittagong Hills Tracts: how serious is the threat to Bangladesh's national integration and what can be done?". Small Wars & Insurgencies. 24 (5): 775, 788–789. doi:10.1080/09592318.2013.866419. S2CID 144593890.
  3. ^ a b c d Fortna, Virginia Page (2008). Does Peacekeeping Work?: Shaping Belligerents' Choices after Civil War. Princeton University Press. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-1-4008-3773-1.
  4. ^ a b c d Talukdar, S. P. (1988). The Chakmas, life and struggle. Delhi: Gian Pub. House. p. 52. ISBN 81-212-0212-4.
  5. ^ Bangladesh/Chakmas (1972-present)
  6. ^ "3 ALP and MOG Party terrorists killed in opponents shots in Bandarban". Hill Voice. March 22, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Bangladesh: CHT and Violent Factionalism – Analysis". Eurasia Review. August 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "CTG Hill tracts: The contested relationships and resources". Bangla Tribune. June 04, 2018. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sailingsmooth5/Insurgency_in_the_chittagong_hill_tracts&oldid=1178809453"