BBC: Assam-Mizoram clash: 'It was like a war between two countries
Violent border clashes between India's north-eastern states of Assam and Mizoram last week left several dead and many more injured. Subir Bhaumik travelled to the region to find out how a long-running border dispute was affecting the lives of locals.
The highway connecting Mizoram, a hilly state of 1.3 million people, to the rest of India is unusually quiet these days.
Wedged between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Mizoram is linked to the Indian mainland through neighbouring Assam.
Tensions with Assam escalated on 26 July after clashes erupted between police on either side of a contentious border point. The two sides fired at each other, leaving seven dead and 60 people injured. Six of those killed were policemen from Assam.
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WNU Editor: This border dispute has been festering for a long time, and has always been under-reported in the West. But this recent border clash resulted in six policemen being killed, and the border closed for a short period of time.
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