02-11-2024, 07:07 PM
KIA Seizes Final Border Force HQ Despite Chinese Pressure. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has seized the Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion 1001 headquarters in Chipwi Township – the junta militia’s final stronghold – on the Chinese border.
Destite China in October blocked border gates with Kachin State & during a recent meeting told the KIA to stop fighting the regime.
The KIA and Kachin People Defense Force (PDF) allies seized the battalion headquarters near Phimaw town on the Chinese border on Thursday night after three days of attacks, according to the Kachin media. A military analyst told Irrawaddy that regime and BGF troops fled to Ganfai town on the border, 14km north of Phimaw.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...ssure.html
Destite China in October blocked border gates with Kachin State & during a recent meeting told the KIA to stop fighting the regime.
The KIA and Kachin People Defense Force (PDF) allies seized the battalion headquarters near Phimaw town on the Chinese border on Thursday night after three days of attacks, according to the Kachin media. A military analyst told Irrawaddy that regime and BGF troops fled to Ganfai town on the border, 14km north of Phimaw.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...ssure.html