The KCP remains an active terrorist group dedicated to an independent state of Manipur.  However, the group is quite small compared to other organizations in the region and is not considered a high-level security threat.      <br />

Although the Sheraton Hotel has remained a favorite target for attacks by Iraqi militants, the Karbala Brigades have not claimed responsibility for these or any other attacks since July 2004.  It is most likely that the group's membership was extremely small, and that the perpetrators of the Sheraton incident have deactivated or joined other militant outfits.  However, given the current instability in Iraq and the continued presence of the U.S. military, it is possible that the group could be responsible for terrorist incidents in the future.

Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Resistance Force (KNPR)

United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) -- Founding Group

It is estimated that the KLNLF currently has as many as 60 cadres; it is unknown how many of those are members of the armed KNPR. <br />In 2006, KNPR activity has been relatively minimal. The group is suspected in several abductions, but multiple wanted KLNLF cadres have also turned themselves in to the police, showing that group security and morale is likely low. <P><br />The KNPR is not currently engaged in overt conflict with other ethnic groups in the region, but continued migration of non-Karbis and Bengalis into the region could cause rising tensions and increased violence in the future. <P><br />Frustration with the violence and instability in the region has led to erosion of the KLNLF's legitimacy among the Karbi people. If frustration continues to grow, Karbis in favor of independence will be increasingly likely to align themselves with the pro-negotiations UPDS rather than the KLNLF. <br />

Founded in 1955 by Saw Mah Rew, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is an ethnic militant group that is fighting for an independent state in Burma.  The KNPP state that their cause is to obtain equal rights for all ethnicities living in Burma, along with the right for each group to administer their own state government. The KNPP is comprised of the Karen, a Christian ethnic minority group that mainly populates the eastern region of the predominantly Buddhist country.  As a result, they have been engaged in an on-going conflict with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of the Burma military junta, which has a documented history of severely repressing minority groups native to the country and rejecting their claims for independence.  <P> While the KNPP has typically existed more as a political voice of the Karen people, they have claimed attacks on government targets.  On April 23, 2005, KNPP operatives planted land mines around a government power plant.  In claiming the attack, they stated that the SPDC does not provide power to all areas equally and therefore should not be in control of the supply.