Naga rebels accuse Delhi of arming rivals

Naga rebels have been fighting since 1947 for a separate homeland for the mainly Christian Naga people on India's border with Myanmar, in a insurgency which has killed more than 20,000 people.

A ceasefire between the rebels and the government came into force in 1997 but despite several rounds of talks, there has been little progress.

As a fresh round of talks was due to begin in Amsterdam, top leaders from the Isaac-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) complained that security forces were helping the rival Khaplang faction (NSCN-K).

"During the talks, (we) will question the role of the Indian security forces in supplying weapons and ammunition to Khaplang to fight against us," a senior NSCN-IM leader in Dimapur told Reuters. He declined to be identified because he was not authorised to speak on the record.