Myanmar junta battles with Ta’ang armed group for Nawnghkio Township village

Anti-junta forces are expecting a counterattack after pushing the Myanmar military out of the village of Kan Gyi, Nawnghkio Township in a fierce battle that began last week, local sources said. 

Since regime forces launched an all-out offensive in February, fighting has intensified in areas controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Nawnghkio Township, which is less than 50 miles from Mandalay and just over 30 miles east of the military’s premier officer training academies in Pyin Oo Lwin (formerly Maymyo), Mandalay Region.