YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A key outpost protecting the headquarters of ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar has fallen to government troops, a spokesman for the guerrilla group said Sunday.
The Kachin Independence Army spokesman said the hillside outpost at Hka Ya Bhum, near the guerrilla group’s headquarters in the town of Laiza, was overrun Saturday afternoon.
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