Fighting in Mywaddy Township between troops from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the government militia Border Guard Force (BGF) on Saturday, 28 February left one KNLA soldier dead, one wounded and one BGF soldier injured.

The fighting was between soldiers from the KNLA 6th Brigade Headquarter, Special Column and the BGF soldiers from Battalion 1022. The fighting broke out at 6:13pm and lasted for around 15 minutes. Captain Hla Min, the KNLA Column Commander, said the fighting took place on the way from Maw Hto Talay and Tha Blu Koh Khi village, six miles south of Myawaddy Town.

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After setting the historical shrines of Logar province of Afghanistan on fire on Saturday February 21st, 2015, the ISIL militants also killed one civilian and replaced the Taliban’s white flag with their own black flag in the Charkh district. On the same day, the ISIL men entered locals’ houses, broke their televisions and warn people not to watching television anymore (Tolonews).

The ISIL affiliated group claimed the responsibility and asked Talibans militants in the Province to declare their allegiance to Al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant. On Tuesday February 24th, 2015, another 30 men, all from Hazara ethnic minorities, were kidnapped in Zabul province by a group of masked men but no one yet claimed responsibility for it.

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Clashes between ethnic Kokang rebels and Myanmar’s military near the country’s northeastern border with China left around 50 government troops dead over the weekend, a member of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said Monday, though state media claimed the losses were far fewer.

Lt. Col. Ta Po Kyaw, secretary of the TNLA—which is fighting to reclaim the special region of Kokang in Shan state alongside the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)—told RFA’s Myanmar Service his group had confronted army troops from four different divisions in Nanhkan and Hseni townships in recent days.

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Local sources said over 100 civilians have been killed this week by Burmese army’s 33rd Light Infantry Division (LID) soldiers in Laukai. Ordinary civilians were being shot indiscriminately by Burmese soldiers during a three-day period of shooting rampage in the Laukai street on Feb 14-17.

Kokang Armed Group, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army’s (MNDAA) spokesman Htun Myat Linn said the youngest person being executed by Burmese army was as young as 11 years old and the oldest was over 80 years old.

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Narinjara News has learnt that Arakan Army (AA) forces have been involved in clashes with the Burma Army in Laukkai Town and other areas of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, in Northern Shan State.

A statement issued by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on 10 February said that the Peng Jia Sheng led Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the TNLA, the AA and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) had all been involved in fighting the Burma Army in the Laukkai area.

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