In April 2010, a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel moved cautiously through the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. Suddenly, a deafening explosion tore through the silence, followed by a hail of bullets. Within hours, 76 security personnel lay dead in what became one of the deadliest Naxalite attacks in Indian history. … Continue reading India and Naxalism: Major Counter-Insurgency Operations and Their Impact