Myanmar Air Force’s two fighter jets on Thursday launched bombing raids on KIA’s 12th Battalion positions in southern Kachin State. KIA source said the two jets attacked KIA troops for about 10 minutes dropping bombs and firing rockets.

The latest round of fighting began when a combined force of Burmese army’s 15th and 142nd Light Infantry Battalions encroached into KIA’s 12th Battalion position near Nam Lim Pa on May 6 at around 1 pm.

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The Afghan government has launched a major offensive against Taliban forces near the north-eastern provincial capital of Kunduz.

The Taliban have come close to the city in recent fighting, leaving it cut off with tens of thousands of displaced.

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Suspected rebels on Sunday ambushed and killed eight Indian paramilitary soldiers in the remote, troubled northeast, police said.

Naga rebels armed with automatic weapons fired at two trucks carrying the soldiers in Nagaland state, in a region bordering Myanmar, police said. The mountainous region is known for its natural beauty but has been battling insurgency for decades.

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At least 44 suspected militants were killed in Khyber and North Waziristan where Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out air strikes, ISPR said in a statement on Saturday.

“Forty four militants were killed in aerial bombardment in Kach Kul and Kunda Gharibai area of Khyber Agency and Data Khel of North Wazirsitan,” a security official confirmed on Saturday.

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Leaders of the Mongla rebel group told visiting ethnic leaders and reporters of their achievements in developing Special Region 4 in northeastern Shan State on Tuesday, saying they had “full control” over the area and established “a complete system of government” that provides adequate public services.

“We supply 24 hours of electric power here because we have our own hydropower dam,” a Mongla leader named Sai Mauk told ethnic armed group leaders and journalists during a dinner at Mongla town on Tuesday night.

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