Junta forces advancing northward on the Nawnghkio-Mogok road in northern Shan State on Friday captured the strategic village of Doe Pin, Nawnghkio Township, according to local sources.
Fighters of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Mandalay Region People’s Defence Forces (MDY-PDF), who had been stationed in Doe Pin, were forced to retreat from the village, according to the same sources, adding that further junta assaults continued farther up the road near Long Hkan village on August 18.
“The army has captured Doe Pin and is pushing towards Long Hkan,” a man from another nearby village, Ho Hko, told Myanmar Now. “After they took Doe Pin, we could only hear artillery fire. The fighting has subsided since then, but the troops are likely to keep advancing till they reach Long Hkan.”
The advancing junta troops have been steadily seizing villages. . .
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