Afghan forces have spent months trying to keep the Taliban at bay.
The Taliban have captured the crucial southern Afghan city of Sangin after a year-long battle, officials say.
Sunday, 19 March, 2017
India: 8 maoists and 2 policemen killed in encounter in Dantewada
Eight maoists and two policemen were killed in a raging encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Saturday, police said.
Two security personnel were also injured in the gun battle going on in the forest of Barrempara village under Aranpur police station area of the state’s Maoist-affected Bastar region.
Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
Burma-Myanmar: Army suffers casualties in multiple clashes with Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rebels
The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services reported that 48 clashes between the government army and insurgent Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) so far had claimed lives of some officers and other ranks.
According to a press release, a 300-strong group of the MNDAA spread out and simultaneously attacked the military and police outposts in Yanlonkyaing, Kokang Traffic Police office in Laukkai, the house of U Wai Hsan, who is member of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone’s leading body.
Monday, 13 March, 2017
Afghanistan: 31 taliban militants killed by security forces in Helmand
At least 31 Taliban militants were killed in a military operation carried out by security forces in southern Helmand province in past 24 hours, local officials said on Sunday.
Nine other insurgents were wounded in the operation, the officials added.
Friday, 10 March, 2017
Burma-Myanmar: Thousands flee Laukkai clashes between army and the Northern Alliance rebels
Thousands of people including locals and migrant workers have fled clashes between the Burma Army and the Northern Alliance in Laukkai, the administrative capital of the ethnic Kokang region of Shan State.
People have been fleeing the area since renewed clashes broke out on March 6. More than 20,000 have reportedly fled to border camps in China, and more than 2,000 arrived in Mandalay on Thursday after taking shelter in Man Su Monastery in Lashio, according to U Pinna Nanda, the abbot of the monastery.