These young cadets from the Arakan Army fell alongside 15 comrades from other ethnic armies as the Burmy Army attacked the Kachin Independence Army’s Military Academy on 19.11.2014.photos: ရကၡိဳင့္တပ္မေတာ္ – သတင္းႏွင့္ ျပန္ၾကားေရးဌာန
Initial reports indicated that 22 had died in the attack however a 23rd trainee died of his injuries en route to hospital, the Kachin News Group has learned. The remaining 15 survivors are being cared for in Laiza.
phophtawnews 7.AUGUST
For the fifth time this month, Government forces led an attack on Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) battalion camp 36 in the Monggo area of Muse Township in northern Shan State last Sunday, in a show of force that resulted in at least 4 deaths.
According to KIA military commander Naw Bo Jar, government troops began their offensive at midnight on August 4, inciting a conflict that lasted 3 hours. The 4 reported deaths were KIA soldiers, while the death toll for government forces is currently unknown.
The attacks have dealt a heavy blow to KIA and associated political body the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) relations with yapyidaw, which have been continually strained since government forces broke a 1994 ceasefire agreement with the ethnic group in 2011 following the KIA’s refusal to become a border guard force (BGF).
Construction of the Myitsone dam, which began in 2007 but has since been suspended, further soured relations when it led to widespread flooding of KIO territories.
Although episodic conflict has continued unchecked since June 2011, the KIO has not halted its attempts at peace. On July 23, the ethnic group established an office for a prospective peacemaking technical team in Myitkyina, Kachin State, but same day attacks by government forces on KIA military bases undermined efforts to appoint members to the delegation.
Following attacks, KIO representatives presented the situation to vice chairman of the Myanmar government’s Union Peacemaking Working Committee (UPWC) U Aung Min, who promised to work towards resolving the situation.
However, no progress has been made. Military forces have continued their offensives and are increasing their operation size near the KIO headquarters in Laiza Town, according to Colonel Naw Bo.
Since government forces broke the ceasefire in 2011, KIO officials have met with members of the UPWC for talks 9 times officially and 4 times unoficially. A long term bilateral resolution has yet to materialize.
A skirmish took place between KIA soldiers under 5th Brigade and Burmese Army soldiers at Dawhpum yang village on November 29, 2011 at 11:30 am. The battle lasted for about 20 minutes. After KIA soldiers retrieved from the battlefield, Burmese Army bombarded Dawhpum yang village with artillery shells, said local sources.
Two Shan villages, Namwai village with about 60 households and Hpagyi village with about 20 households, near Dawhpum yang were burned down by Burmese Army soldiers. Local sources reported at least 23 houses in Namwai village and 8 houses in Hpagyi village were burned down to the ground. The Burmese government soldiers burned the two Shan villages down without any substantial reason, said sources. Continue reading “skirmish took place between KIA soldiers under 5th Brigade and Burmese Army soldiers at Dawhpum yang village–Shan villages burned down”
Kachin people support hand-made Dry Food to KIA soldiers in frontlines
July 22, 2011
Hand-made dry food with a Bible verse to KIA soldiers in frontlines from Kachin people
Hand-made dry food with a Bible verse to KIA soldiers in frontlines from Kachin people
KIA soldiers in Laiza headquarters
KIA female soldier.
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