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Myanmar Seizes Western Town After Heated Battle with Civilian Militia
The rise of the Chinland Defense Force reflects a trend of growing armed resistance to the military junta.
May 17, 2021
A farmer herding cattle in Mindat Township, Chin State, the focus of recent clashes between the Myanmar military and a local civilian militia.
Credit: Flickr/Adam Cohn
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After fierce fighting, Myanmar’s military yesterday entered a small town in western Chin State which has been in open rebellion against the country’s military junta since last month.
According to Radio Free Asia, the Myanmar armed forces, or Tatmadaw, pounded the town of Mindat with heavy artillery and helicopter gunships, in an attempt to displace a local ethnic militia that has arisen to resist the February 1 military coup. Home to around 20,000 people, Mindat lies in the mountains of western Myanmar’s Chin state around 100 kilometers from the border with ....

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