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Resumed fighting from July 20 till July 21, 2014 between Burma Army Battalion 248 and Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) Brigade 72 in Kehsi township, southern Shan State, has displaced people from six villages.
According to Sai Harn, a Shan youth who assisted the displaced villagers, the six villages include Parng Jay, Wan Kyawng, Par Teap, Wan Kwarn, Parng Mong and Parng Mike Kay, in Kehsi township. Sai Harn could not confirm the number of newly displaced villagers.
The ethnic Palaung, also known as the Ta’ang, are a hill tribe people mostly living in northern Shan State. Like many other ethnic groups, they have waged an armed struggle against the Burmese government since 1963.
After the Palaung State Liberation Organization signed a ceasefire with the former military government in 1991 (and disarmed in 2005), another Palaung army known as the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) was established by the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) to continue the fight for equality and self-determination.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire in Jammu district on Saturday targeting Indian positions with small arms and automatic weapons, an officer said.
“Pakistan Rangers fired at Border Security Force (BSF) positions in Arnia sub-sector of the international border at 11am today (Saturday),” a senior police officer said here.
At least 26 people including 18 militants were killed in capital city of Kandahar province on Wednesday when the Taliban insurgents attacked the governor’s office and police headquarters.
Spokesman for the provincial governor office, Dawa Khan Menapal, said that the clashes erupted around 11:00 A.M and raged on for around two hours.
Pakistan’s military launched a ground assault in North Waziristan tribal area on Monday, beginning a new phase in its offensive against Taliban militants, officials said.