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Clashes between the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) armed wing and the Burmese military continued in Kachin state this week, even after the KIO handed over three police officers who had been detained near Hpakant.
Heavy fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army broke out in Hpakant and Kamaing townships on 22nd January, said Major Tang San from the KIA’s Battalion 6.
More than 30 police commandos were killed in a clash with Moro rebels in the southern province of Maguindanao in the biggest single-day combat loss for Philippine forces in many years, officials said.
The commandos, who are members of the police Special Action Force (SAF), had entered the far-flung village of Tukanalipao in Mamasapano town at dawn looking for a top terror suspect, but had a “misencounter” with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and other insurgents, Mayor Tahirudin Benzar Ampatuan of Mamasapano told The Associated Press by telephone.
At least 35 militants were killed today as Pakistan armed forces carried out fresh airstrikes in North Waziristan tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.
According to a statement by Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR), hideouts of militants were bombed in Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan Agency as part of the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb.
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says government forces have killed 23 Taliban militants during operations in three different parts of the country.
In a statement early on January 21, the ministry said the militants were killed during the previous 24 hours in the southern province of Kandahar, the northern province of Kunduz, and in Kapisa Province just north of Kabul.
The Philippine military says troops backed by artillery and air support have killed three Muslim militants from the same group that killed six soldiers two months ago.
Military spokesman Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc says troops battled about 50 Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a series of clashes Tuesday in southern Basilan province. She says six militants also were wounded and there were no government casualties.