Clashes around key Myanmar town Lashio enter second week


Displaced people from Lashio crossing the Dokhtawaddy river as they flee their homes following clashes between Myanmar's military and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army. - AFP

BANGKOK: Fighting raged for an eighth day around a Myanmar regional military headquarters, where an ethnic armed group had briefly captured a battalion command, one of its commanders told AFP on Wednesday (July 10).

Northern Shan state has been rocked by clashes since late last month when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against the military along a vital trade highway to China.

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