Guwahati, April 23 -- The NSCN-Yung Aung has strongly condemned the 'unauthorized extraction of coal and crude oil within Naga territories' spanning Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

The group vowed to undertake "appropriate military action" to safeguard the interests of the Tangsa Naga people in the area.

The NSCN-Yung Aung specifically denounced what it described as forceful eviction attempts by Coal India Limited (CIL) targeting Naga villagers and other tribal communities in the Ledo area in Assam's Tinsukia district.

The group stated that significant illegal coal extraction and dumping have occurred along the Assam-Arunachal border, particularly within the Tinsukia district of Assam and the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, despi...