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Myanmar regime labels key ethnic armed groups ‘terrorist’ organisations

The MNDAA is among a key alliance that has taken swathes of territory amid intense battles with the military [AFP]

The Myanmar military has designated three major ethnic armed groups that have advanced across swaths of northern and western Myanmar over the past year as “terrorist” groups.

The designation was made on September 2 and applies to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Wednesday.

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