Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Kyaw Htet (DKBA-KH) in Karen State have resulted in the displacement of about 4,000 people since early September, state media reported on 21 September.
Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Kyaw Htet (DKBA-KH) rebels and army in Karen State displace over 4,000 people
Saturday, 17 September, 2016
Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills at least 24 people in a mosque claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group
A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 24 worshippers and wounding 28 others, officials said. Several children were also among those killed or wounded in the deadly attack.
A breakaway Taliban group later claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The attacker shouted “God is Great” as he entered the mosque in the village of Ambar in Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal region, government administrator Naveed Akbar told The Associated Press. He said rescuers had transported the dead and wounded to nearby hospitals, where some of the wounded were listed in critical condition.
Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
Burma-Myanmar: Thousands flee Methawaw as clashes intensify between Myanmar Border Guard Forces (BGF) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) rebels
Fighting between the Myanmar Border Guard Forces (BGF), along with the Tatmadaw, and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) in Methawaw, Kayin State, has intensified, according to local sources.
The two sides have begun shelling each other with heavy artillery in recent days, said an unnamed commander from the BGF.
Saturday, 10 September, 2016
Afghanistan: Afghan forces encircled by taliban in Tarin Kot town
Exhausted Afghan security forces were surrounded on Friday by Taliban fighters in the capital of Afghanistan’s south-central province of Uruzgan, a day after fighting off a concerted push by the militants, officials said.
The Taliban attack, in one of the country’s top opium-producing areas, has exposed how thinly stretched Afghan security forces have become as they try to contain Islamist insurgents in other areas of the country.
Friday, 9 September, 2016
Burma-Myanmar: Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) forces clashed in Dawei district
A clash erupted Thursday afternoon between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) in Tae Chong village of Dawei District. The two ethnic armed groups both claim land in the area, also known as Tavoy, in Tenasserim Division.
“Members of the Karen National Union [KNU] came into the village,” Nai Win Hla, a spokesperson from the New Mon State Party (NMSP), told The Irrawaddy Friday.