Operation All Clear
| Operation All Clear | |||||||
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| Part of Insurgency in Northeast India | |||||||
 A part of the 108 chörten built on the Dochu-La pass, to commemorate the operation |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Supported by:  India
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 ULFA NDFB KLO NSCN ATTFBLTF |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Jigme Singye Wangchuck Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Lam Dorji Batoo Tshering Nirmal Chander Vij |
Arabinda Rajkhowa Bhimkanta Buragohain (POW) Mithinga Daimary (POW) Ranjan Daimary Milton Burman (POW) Tom Adhikary (POW) Harshabardhan Barman (POW)
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| Strength | |||||||
| 6000 RBA 634 Bhutanese Militia |
1500–3500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 11–34 † 35–60 (WIA) |
160 † 490 (POW) |
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Bhutan victory
Royal Bhutan Army Bhutanese Militia
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Operation All Clear was a military operation conducted by Royal Bhutan Army forces against Assam separatist insurgent groups in the southern regions of Bhutan between 15 December 2003 and 3 January 2004. It was the first operation ever conducted by the Royal Bhutan Army.
In 1990 India launched Operations Rhino and Bajrang against Assamese separatist groups. Facing continuous pressure, Assamese militants relocated their camps to Bhutan.
In the 1990s, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) allegedly assisted the government of Bhutan in the expulsion of the ethnic Lhotshampa population, occupying the land left behind by the refugees.
In 1996 the Bhutan government became aware of a large number of camps on its southern border with India. The camps were set up by four Assamese separatist movements: the ULFA, NDFB, Bodo Liberation Tigers Force (BLTF) and Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO). The camps also harbored separatists belonging to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF).
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