KNLA seizes Bawdi border post on Thai-Myanmar border after three-day battle

Mizzima

Joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) captured the junta’s Bawdi border post, also known as the Ahmo border post or Point 2566 front-line position, along the Dawei–Htee Khee road in Dawei Township on 10 June, according to a statement from the Karen National Union (KNU).

The post, positioned on the Thai-Myanmar border, had been held by junta troops for nearly three decades since 1997. The KNLA launched the assault on 8 June, and after three days of fighting, overpowered the approximately 40 junta soldiers stationed there.

Following the capture, KNLA fighters discovered the body of one junta soldier while the rest of the troops reportedly fled across the border into Thailand, taking many of their weapons with them.