Chin State
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Myanmar
Arakan Army takes control of Paletwa in southern Chin State
The capture of the town comes as the AA and its allies agree to a ceasefire with Myanmar’s military in northern Shan State
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Myanmar
Resistance forces seize control of strategic highway base, limiting junta access to Chin State from Magway
The targeted military outpost had served as part of the regime’s supply line and as a stop for reinforcements sent from central Myanmar to the Chin hills
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Myanmar
Another town on the India-Myanmar border falls to the resistance
Anti-junta fighters raised the Chin National Front flag at a captured military base in Chin State after defeating its garrison of 50 junta troops
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News
Military post on Chin State’s second-highest mountain outpost seized by PDF
The People’s Defence Force (PDF) of Zoland seized a junta base on Kennedy Peak in northern Chin State’s Tedim Township after a 4am clash on Tuesday, the resistance group said in a statement. One member of the PDF and three Myanmar army soldiers were killed: two during the battle and one during the capture that followed, a spokesperson for the guerrilla group said. Twelve of some 30 troops stationed at the site—all from Infantry Battalion 266—were reportedly taken into the PDF’s custody, including a major. “Since they are prisoners of war, the plan is to treat them in accordance with the Geneva Convention,” Jabez, a member of the anti-junta Tedim Township People’s Administration Team, told Myanmar Now. The PDF was still searching for the remaining 15 junta soldiers at the time of reporting. The group also claimed on Wednesday to have confiscated 24 weapons and several rounds of ammunition from the base. The Kennedy Peak base is considered a site of significant military importance due to its position on a mountain more than 2,700 metres high, making it the second-tallest point in Chin State after Mt Victoria. It is located between Tedim and the resistance stronghold of Kalay Township in…
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Two killed in northern Chin State as fighting erupts near Indian border
One of the victims was a civilian shot while passing a police station that had come under attack from resistance forces