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Myanmar ethnic minority fighters claim to have captured town near Bangladesh border. Myanmar ethnic minority fighters claim to have captured town near Bangladesh border

Clashes have rocked Myanmar’s western Rakhine and Chin states since the Arakan Army attacked security forces in November 2023. An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar said it has captured a town and several junta outposts near the border with Bangladesh and India, in the latest setback for the embattled military.

Clashes have rocked Myanmar’s western Rakhine and Chin states since Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces in Nov 2023, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the junta’s 2021 coup.

The AA is one of dozen armed ethnic minority groups in Myanmar’s border regions, many which have battled military since independence from Britain in 1948 over autonomy and control of lucrative resources....