In Assam, the Karbi extremist outfit, Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) has announced the suspension of its operations against Hindi-speaking people from tomorrow for an indefinite period for restoration of permanent peace and political settlement of the problem of the district. The outfit’s publicity secretary, Rezek Dera said the outfit is committed to peace and therefore will wait for a positive response from the government to its offer for talks. Dera, who spoke to media over telephone from an undisclosed location, said as the outfit is moving towards democratic negotiations of their demands as its leadership felt that all types of operations, either on Hindi-speaking people or attacks on government property, should be stopped. AIR correspondent reports that the declaration comes as a great relief for the large number of Hindi-speaking people based in Karbi Anglong district of the state. The outfit has killed as many as 30 Hindi-speaking people and torched hundreds of houses in a series of attacks in 2007.<br/><br/>