The
United National Liberation Front (UNLF) was formed in 1964 by Arambam Samarendra, with the objective of achieving an independent and socialist Manipur. Following its loss of bases in
Bangladesh after the latter's independence, it became a social organisation, and took up arms again in the early 1990s. The Namoijam Oken's faction of UNLF split off from the parent organisation at this stage. In January 1994, it merged with the Ibopishak faction of
Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and the Meiraba faction of
People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) led by Meiraba, to form the KYKL. From the beginning, the organisation appeared to have been allied with the Naga group
NSCN-IM, which armed KYKL. In 1994, N. Oken and another leader Achou Toijamba clashed over organisational matters and the organisation split into two factions: KYKL (O) and KYKL (T). The Toijamba faction tied up with
NSCN-K and used its camps in north Myanmar. After five years, the two factions are said to have come together again, with the objective of achieving unity of insurgent groups in the region. == Activities ==