IMG_3342 Dillip Sethiya, 24, a Special Police Officer and member of the Salwa Judum poses with his state-issued AK-47. Next to him Rajiv Hurren , 22, recovers from a gunshot wound. IMG_3504 Leader of the Salwa Judum forces in Dornapal, Chattisgarh, Ram Bhuwan Kushuah, is one of the most feared men in the district. Beside him police officers show off their automatic weapons. IMG_3525 A man passed out in the refugee camp in Dornapal, Chattisgarh. IMG_3422 A massive dump truck moves iron ore to a pipeline in the hills of Chattisgarh. The mines have been attacked by Naxals on eight occasions in the last three years. IMG_3348 Dillip Sethiy, 24, poses with his AK-47 before an operation against the Naxals. IMG_3292 Detonators recovered from a roadside IED planted by the Naxals. IMG_3296 Jagdalpur Police post guards against Naxal attacks. IMG_3331 Jason Miklian, Counter Insurgency and Peace Research Expert at the International Peace Research Institute of Oslo Norway (PRIO) IMG_3509 Militia leader Ram Bhuwan Kushuah controls his district with an iron fist. IMG_3341 Rajiv Hurren joined the Special Police Force when he was 15 years old after defecting from the Naxals. Now he is the most trusted shooter in the police station. He was shot in the arm two days before this photo was taken. IMG_3546 Two children in the refugee camp in Dornapal, Chattisgarh where over 12,000 people are housed. IMG_3259 Two confiscated AK-47s in a police station in Jagdalpur, Chattisgarh. IMG_3398 Child laborers toil to establish roads to the mines in Bacheli, Chattisgarh. A mining official looks on from inside a car. IMG_3295 A police machine gun post, set up to stop supprise attacks from Maoists. IMG_3368 A tribal woman carries crushed rock that will eventually be used to construct more roads. IMG_3279 Explosive paste recovered from inside an IED placed by Naxal militants. IMG_3443 The inside of a steam shovel at the mines in Chattisgarh. The mines have been attacked 8 times in the last three years. IMG_3600 The inside of an abandoned house outside Dornapal refugee camp. Sources said that Naxals once used this hut to store bamboo before the Salwa Judum destroyed it. Salwa Judum is responsible for burning down dozens of villages in this area and force residents to move into refugee camps. IMG_3415 Christopher Kindo shows a piece of American-made mining machinery that was recently attacked by Maoists, but will soon be back in operation. IMG_3405 Christopher Kindo, Deputy General Manager of Mines in Chattisgarh. IMG_3637 Tribal women returning home with their day's harvest. IMG_3277 A police inteligence officer explains the inner workings of a capured IED.

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