Salai Kyon Nga, the spokesperson for the Chin National Defense Force (CNDF), has confirmed the withdrawal of Military Council troops from the Var military base situated in Falam Township, Chin State. This strategic base is fortified and strategically positioned along the Kalay-Falam Road. "The troops from Var base pulled back today and joined the ones in downtown Falam. It
The Myanmar troops had crossed over to Zokhawthar in Champhai district of Mizoram from Khawmawi “for their safety” after a combined armed forces of civilians and rebels overran two army camps at upper Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages in the neighbouring country
Two days after rebel forces in Myanmar’s Chin state overran the junta’s two military bases close to the border with India, they have taken control of a border crossing point between the two countries across the tiny hilly Indian state of Mizoram. Most of the nearly 5,000 Myanmar nationals who had fled to India to escape intense fighting between the rebels and Myanmar military since early Monday morning had returned home as the situation calmed down, local leaders said. Rebel forces intend to take control of part of the porous border with India.