How India, Myanmar forces jointly destroyed NSCN-K, Arakan Army terrorist camps on eastern border: 10 things to know

By: NewsX Bureau | 16 March 2019,

India, Myanmar forces jointly destroy NSCN-K, Arakan Army terrorist camps on eastern border: Indian forces in coordination with Myanmar Army conducted a joint operation on February 17, 2019, on the Indo-Myanmar border and destroyed several terrorist camps of Arakan Army. The joint military operation was completed on March 2, 2019.

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India, Myanmar forces jointly destroy NSCN-K, Arakan Army terrorist camps on eastern border:

Arakan Army Says It Is Holding 11 Myanmar Soldiers After Fierce Weekend Fighting.

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2019-03-12

The Arakan Army displays weapons and ammunition it seized during a weekend attack on Myanmar Army soldiers near Pyan So village in Paletwa township, western Myanmar's Chin state, March 11, 2019.

Photo courtesy of the Arakan Army's website

The Arakan Army has taken 11 Myanmar Army soldiers prisoner and seized arms following a weekend clash in Chin state’s Paletwa township, which abuts volatile Rakhine state where hostilities have intensified between the two sides since late last year, an AA official said Tuesday.

Rakhine Villagers Hold Funeral for Slain Woman, Recall Shooting by Myanmar Forces.

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Feb. 22, 2019.

Relatives mourn Ye Ye Soe, who was killed by gunfire amid fighting between Myanmar soldiers and the Arakan Army in Rathedaung township, western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Feb. 22, 2019.

A funeral was held on Friday for a young woman shot dead by the Myanmar military in restive Rakhine state’s Rathedaung township state, where government forces are battling the rebel Arakan Army, as residents of the village where the woman was killed described indiscriminate firing upon them by national troops.

Myanmar Army Fight With Arakan Rebels Ensnares Local Bus Companies.

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2019-02-19

Residents hold bullet shell casings following fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic Arakan Army in a village in Rathedaung township, western Myanmar's Rakhine state, Jan. 28, 2019. AFP

The Myanmar military on Tuesday denied an accusation by the rebel Arakan Army that it has been using passenger buses and cars to transport its troops in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where the two forces are fighting each other, a national army spokesman said.

The Arakan Army (AA) on Monday warned private bus companies in volatile Rakhine not to transport Myanmar soldiers, who it said were using private vehicles along with military trucks to move personnel into conflict zones, the online journal The Irrawaddy reported.

Amnesty: Myanmar army ops target Rakhine state.

5,200 men, women, children displaced due to ongoing fighting by Jan. 28, according to human rights group citing UN figures.

11.02.2019

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON

Myanmar security forces have shelled villages and blocked civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance in western Rakhine state since early 2019, a rights groups said Monday.

“Security forces have also used vague and repressive laws to detain civilians in the area,” according to the Amnesty International report based on fresh evidence on ongoing military operations.