Sunday, 5 October, 2014
TNLA troops on the march in northern Shan State’s Kyauk Mae Township. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)
Heavy clashes between the Burma Army and a combined force of Palaung, Kachin and Kokang ethnic rebels in northern Shan State’s Kutkhai Township killed 17 government soldiers on Wednesday, a Palaung rebel source has claimed.
Tar Ban Hla, a spokesperson of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), told The Irrawaddy that the Burma Army’s Infantry Division 11 made an incursion into TNLA area, prompting a response by fighters of the TNLA, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a small Kokang militia.
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Monday, 29 September, 2014
A group of suicide bombers and militants launched coordinated attack on government compound in Zurmat district of Paktia province on Monday.
According to local government officials, at least 16 people including the militants were killed and over 10 others were injured following the attack.
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Saturday, 27 September, 2014
Rising tensions between the Burma Army and rebel groups in eastern Burma sparked another incident on Friday, when Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) fighters detained eight soldiers and police officers, and injured two soldiers in an exchange of fire.
As of Friday evening, a DKBA commander said his troops were still detaining the soldiers and officers in central Mon State’s Kyaikmayaw Township, and negotiations over their release were ongoing.
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Friday, 26 September, 2014
Over 700 Taliban fighters are attacking Afghan military posts with the aim of taking and holding ground.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a strategic district in an Afghan province southwest of the capital and are on the verge of capturing it after killing dozens of people and beheading some in days of fighting, officials said on Friday.
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Thursday, 18 September, 2014
As Burma’s government and ethnic armed groups prepare to meet for peace talks next week, on-and-off fighting between the Burmese Army and ethnic Karen rebels continues to plague eastern Burma.
The latest clash took place on Sept. 9 in an area controlled by Brigade 5 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), near the Oo Thu Hta region of Karen State’s Papun District.
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