Burma-Myanmar: Army attacks Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters
Myanmar government forces have started launching attacks on the headquarters of the military wing of one of the country’s ethnic rebel groups, the group said on Saturday.
Tang San, a battalion commander with the Kachin Independence Army, said government forces have been using “fighter jets and heavy weapons continuously'’ on the headquarters in northeastern Mynamar since early Friday.
Ethnic rebel groups in the northeast have been waging attacks on government forces since last month. They have said that the attacks are in response to military pressure, but that they are still interested in peace talks to try to end decades of fighting between the government and ethnic minority groups.