Forces belonging to the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) engaged in their first battle in Kachin State in months in Mohnyin Township this week.
Col Naw Bu, who is in charge of the Kachin Independence Organization’s information department, told NMG that there had been no fighting in the state or around nine months, but that it reignited in the second week of October.
The army fought with Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in Naunghe village tract, Mongpan Township, Shan State (South) on October 15, according to a report from Tai Freedom news agency owned by the RCSS.
The report, quoting a field report from the RCSS, said the RCSS forces clashed with the army, who are intruding in their area.
Seven civilians were injured Wednesday in fighting between the Tatmadaw (military) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State, a state legislator said.
Nan Khin Htar Ye, MP for Theinni township, said the victims included five women and two men.
Two policemen were killed when Maoists opened fire on security forces in Ranchi district in Jharkhand on Friday, a senior police officer said.
Following a tip that members of the banned CPI (Maoist) group had gathered near Dassam falls between Bundu and Namkum, security forces rushed to the area around 4 am, Additional Director General of Police Murari Lal Meena told PTI.
Two separate suicide attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 48 people and injured dozens others.
In Parwan province, north of the capital Kabul, an election rally where President Ashraf Ghani was due to speak was attacked, and 26 people died.