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Fierce battles have erupted in southern Chin State as Myanmar regime forces mount a second push to seize the gateway to Rakhine State just months after their disastrous first offensive.
More than 500 regime troops from Laungshae in Magwe Region have advanced into Chin State’s Kyindwe town backed by airstrikes. Reportedly anchored by 77th Light Infantry Division troops, the column has triggered clashes as it pushes north toward the resistance stronghold of Kanpetlet Township.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said on Saturday that it was fighting Taliban forces in Kamdesh district of Nuristan and claimed to have captured several checkpoints. A Taliban-linked outlet also confirmed clashes in the area.
In a statement issued on Saturday, 26 September, the Afghanistan Freedom Front said fighting had begun that morning in parts of Kamdesh district and was continuing.
A spokesman for the Khost province’s governor said the airstrikes targeted 10 sites, including near the provincial center, in the early hours of Wednesday. No casualties were reported.
Islamabad said the strikes were ordered in response to eight drone attacks launched from Afghan territory against Pakistan the day before, and after Pakistani troops prevented a cross-border infiltration attempt by militants based in Afghanistan.
In two different episodes which took place in Chhattisgarh and Manipur, 14 rebels and 12 farmers were killed. The Premier Singh warns against revolt, which represents the greatest threat to national stability
26 people were killed yesterday in clashes between Maoists, the army and ordinary farmers in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and the eastern state of Manipur. According to eye witnesses, Indian soldiers killed 14 rebels: during gun battles, these rebels apparently shot at migrant workers, leaving 12 people dead.
Armed separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region claimed responsibility for an attack on a civilian aircraft, alleging they killed an American pilot and set the plane on fire after it landed in a conflict-hit area.
The claim was made by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), a separatist group involved in a long-running insurgency against the Indonesian government.