The Karen State Border Guard Force clashed Thursday with a splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) near Kaw Moo village on the old Kawkareik-Myawaddy road in Karen State.

The fighting took place at 10 am and clashes continued until 2 pm, according to Col. San Aung of the splinter group.

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Burmese Army’s 77th Light Infantry Division troops overrun KIA’s 34th Battalion headquarters in Manton Township in northern Shan State on Sept 30 at around 3 pm, reported a KIA frontline source.

Burmese Army troops pounded KIA’s position with several artillery rounds beginning 12:50 pm.

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Afghan troops recaptured the centre of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days after losing the provincial capital in a humbling defeat for Kabul and its US allies.

Residents said soldiers were conducting house-to-house searches and had removed the Taliban flag from the central square, replacing it with government colors.

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Pakistan’s military said it had killed 25 militants in air strikes along its restive border with Afghanistan on Thursday as part of a major offensive to clear Taliban and Al-Qaeda strongholds that began last year.

The strikes were carried out close to the Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region, the main bastion of militants who rose up against the state in 2004.

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Afghan security forces are battling Taliban militants to regain control of the northern city of Kunduz, a day after Islamic militants from the movement seized the city from government troops.

Afghan security forces on September 29 retook government buildings, including the city prison and the provincial police headquarters from Taliban fighters.

But Taliban fighters remained overwhelmingly in control of Kunduz city.

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