Myanmar’s army chief vows counterattacks on armed groups that captured northeastern border towns
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Myanmar’s army chief vows counterattacks on armed groups that captured northeastern border towns

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The leader of Myanmar ’s army-installed government said the military will carry out counterattacks against a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups that has seized towns near the Chinese border in the country’s northeastern and northern regions, state-run media reported Friday. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper quoted Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing as saying he told his Cabinet members that combined forces of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army attacked military outposts and government offices in the northern part of Shan state. A week ago, the Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, calling themselves the Three Brotherhood Alliance, launched a coordinated offensive to seize military targets in the northern part of Shan state. The PDF movement has joined forces with well-organized, battle-hardened ethnic armed groups that have been fighting Myanmar’s central government for greater autonomy for decades, including the groups in the alliance.

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