AA seizes two strategic tactical command bases in Paletwa Twsp

By Admin 14 Jan 2024

DMG Newsroom
14 January 2024, Paletwa, Chin State

The Arakan Army (AA) seized a junta tactical command base near Meewa Village and the Khankhataung strategic hilltop camp in Paletwa Township, Chin State, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement on January 13.

The AA seized a haul of weapons during the capture of the two junta strategic bases. The junta tactical command base is located near Meewa Village, a border village between Paletwa and Kyauktaw townships.

The military and AA fiercely fought for control of the Meewa tactical command base for 45 days during a previous conflict in 2020.

Twenty-two military camps in neighbouring Chin State’s Paletwa Township, including two tactical command outposts, are among nearly 150 Border Guard Force (BGF) outposts, police stations and other command bases seized by the AA during the latest hostilities in Arakan State and Paletwa.

“In order to make the entire Paletwa area a military regime-free zone, the AA continues to attack the few remaining military camps around the town, and the fighting continues to intensify,” the ethnic armed group said in a statement on January 9.

The AA has been conducting daily attacks in Arakan State and neighbouring Paletwa Township. It has seized around 160 junta positions since fresh fighting broke out on November 13.

So far at least seven people were killed and 20 others have been injured in Paletwa Township during the latest hostilities, according to a DMG tally.