Over 3,000 displaced in Kyaukme after Myanmar junta airstrikes and clashes with TNLA

More than 3,000 residents of Kyaukme in northern Shan State have been displaced following heavy airstrikes by the junta, with many forced to shelter in unsafe areas without protection, according to local aid groups.

At least 3,000 people have fled their homes since 19 August, with around 100 managing to reach Lashio. 

The displacement followed intense clashes between junta troops advancing from Yatsauk and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) along the Nawnghkio–Kyaukme–Yatsauk road, particularly between Htantabin and Nawng Pain villages. Fighting continued until the morning of 22 August.

“Kyaukme town itself is calm, but in Nawng Pain about 80 percent of the fighting continues,” one resident told Mizzima.