Operation All Clear

Operation All Clear
	Part of Insurgency in Northeast India
	; A part of the 108 chörten built on the Dochu-La pass, to commemorate the operation
Date	15 December 2003 – 3 January 2004
Location	Southern Bhutan ; Samtse District; Samdrup Jongkhar District; Sarpang District; Zhemgang District;
Result	Bhutanese victory Destruction of rebel encampments.; Expulsion of the remaining rebels.;
Belligerents
Bhutan Royal Bhutan Army; Royal Bhutan Police; Bhutanese Militia; Supported by:; India	ULFA ; NDFB ; KLO ; NSCN ; ATTF ; BLTF ; MULTA
Commanders and leaders
Jigme Singye Wangchuck ; Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ; Jigme Thinley ; 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); Rahul Datta †
Strength
6,000 RBA ; 634 Bhutanese Militia	1,500–3,500
Casualties and losses
16 killed ; 35–60 wounded Disputed	160 killed; 490 captured

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.

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[2] "Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) - Former Terrorist Group of Assam". SATP. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[3] "Bhutan Backgrounder". SATP. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

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[nIZ-5] Anand Swaroop Verma (April 2004). "The military Offensive against ULFA". Revolutionary Democracy. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

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[nCu-7] Praveen Kumar (July 2004). "Assessing Bhutan's Operation All Clear". IDSA. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[tribute-8] "A Nation Pays Tribute". Kuensel. 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

[9] Prabhakara, M.S. (16 Jan 2004). "CRACKDOWN IN BHUTAN". The Hindu. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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