Kun-Lone The Fortress Has Fallen!

      (Based on the staff articles from the aKHIT THIT MEDIA in November 2023)

Finally, the Fortress Kun-lone, defended by a 2000-strong Tactical Command (Byu-har) of Myanmar Army for many decades  since the 1970s has fallen into the hands of MNDAA (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army), one of the Northern Alliance group of ethnic insurgent armies.

Kun-Lone is the most strategic town on the west bank of Salween River. The town is the crucial gateway to Northen Shan State’s capital Lashio the heavily-fortified base of Myanmar Army’s Northeastern Divisional Command (Ya-Ma-Kha).

Now the Fortress Kun-lone has fallen and the rebel ethnic armies can march straight into the population centres of Shan State and then to the Mandalay City which is just a stone throw away from the Nay-pyi-daw the lair of mad dictator Min Aung Hlaing. His evil days are now rapidly numbered.

The Battle for Kun-Lone the Fortress Town

On November-1 the battle for liberation of Kun-Lone was launched and MDNAA attacked Myanmar Army’s military camps and government departments in the town on both sides of the river.

On November-2 the rebels eliminated all the opposition on the east side of the river and then they took over the strategic Kun-lone Suspension Bridge spanning over the Salween River and the assault continued onto the town. They then attacked the police station, traffic police, and the township administrative offices under military control.

On November 6th, after 6 days of heavy fighting the rebels wiped out all the Myanmar Army troops in the west side and completely captured the town at 10 in the morning. Captured by the rebels are heavy weaponery including multiple-rocket launchers and 155 mm howitzers, and tanks, armoured cars, heavy trucks, and thousands of assorted weapons.