Life under fire: Anyar region faces relentless airstrikesApril 15, 2025

As spring settled in, the calls of koels echoed through the air, accompanied by the gentle breeze scattering dry leaves. One evening, on the front veranda of her home, Ma Khaing Wah (name changed for privacy) was sweeping up fallen leaves from the Badum and Neem trees when her family faced an unexpected tragedy.

At around 2:30 pm on 18 February, bombs dropped by a paramotor deployed by the Northwestern Region Military Command exploded near Ma Khaing Wah’s house.

“When I heard the sound of the paramotor, my husband stepped outside to check. As soon as we saw it turning toward us, I tried to pull him back into the house. Just then, I felt a sharp, burning sensation in my hand and he collapsed instantly,” Ma Khaing Wah recalled.

The attack occurred in Chaungma village, situated along the Monywa-Yargyi road in Kani Township, around 30 miles from the Northwestern Region Military Command headquarters in Monywa.