tnla - palaung rebels - 10.7.2014

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Polaris Burmese Library Collections Vol. 548The Fight For Freedom in Burma

emocracy and Human Rights Without orders 216

A TNLA soldier on alert at the frontline near Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae Townshipin northern Shan State. photo: JPaing / The IrrawaddyTime Out With Taang RebelsByJPAING / THE IRRAWADDYOn Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ 8:00 am

The ethnic Palaung, also known as the Taang, are a hill tribe people mostly living in

northern Shan State. Like many other ethnic groups, they have waged an armed

struggle against the Burmese government since 1963.After the Palaung State

Liberation Organization signed a ceasefire with the former military government in

1991 (and disarmed in 2005), another Palaung army known as the Taang National

Liberation Army (TNLA) was established by the Palaung State Liberation Front

(PSLF) to continue the fight for equality and self-determination.With 1,500 troops

today, the TNLA has no fixed headquarters but runs mobile operations in

northern Shan State. They fight alongside other ethnic rebel groups, including the

Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Shan State Army (SSA).


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President Thein Seins government has met with PSLF and TNLA leaders at least two

times, most recently in 2013, in a bid to strengthen trust, but clashes have

continued.The KIA and the TNLA are the only ethnic armed groups that do notcurrently have bilateral ceasefires with the government.

A TNLA soldier greets a kid at Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae Township in northern Shan

State. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)


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TNLA soldiers from Battalion 527 at Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae Township in northern

Shan State. (photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)

A TNLA soldier at the frontline near Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae Township in northern

Shan State. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)


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TNLA troops prepare to leave Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae Township in northern Shan

State. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)

A TNLA radio officer. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)


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TNLA troops rest before leaving for the frontline, at Lwel Khan village in Kyauk Mae

Township in northern Shan State. (Photo: JPaing /The Irrawaddy)

TNLA troops on the march. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy)


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