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Naf border skirmish

Map showing the locations of Bangladesh and Myanmar (highlighted in green and orange, respectively)
Date8 January-10 January 2022 (3 days)
Location
Result de facto Bangladesh victory
Belligerents
 Bangladesh  Myanmar
Commanders and leaders
ALM Fazlur Rahman
Units involved
Bangladesh Rifles

Myanmar Army
Myanmar Navy
Myanmar Police Force

Strength
2,500 25,000
Casualties and losses

0 killed

Several wounded (claimed by Bangladesh)
600 killed (claimed by Bangladesh)[1]

On January 2000, Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh) and Myanmar Army engaged in a border skirmish near the Naf River, which is often referred as the Naf War.[2][3] The conflict ended on 10 January 2000 by a diplomatic truce, three days after the conflict started.

Cause[edit]

In 1962, Pakistan (Bangladesh was then part of Pakistan, known as 'East Pakistan) and Myanmar signed an agreement, according to which the countries couldn't take such action which would change the flow of the Naf River.

Conflict[edit]

Admiralty_Chart_No_3493_Cox's_Bazaar_to_Mayu_River,_Published_1964
"NAAF RIVER" in the center of this admiralty chart map published in 1964.

The Border Guards Bangladesh noticed Myanmar constructing a dam on the Naf River, which serves as the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. This was a violation of an agreement in 1962 that was made between Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and Myanmar. As a result, shootings took place between the border guards of both nations.[2] | According to A. L. M. Fazlur Rahman, the erstwhile Director-General of Bangladesh Rifles, there were 600 Burmese casualties but there were no reports of any verified casualties.[1]


Result and aftermath[edit]

The construction project was immediately stopped and the Burmese ambassador to Bangladesh, Tint Lwin, was summoned by Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lwin claimed Myanmar authorities was not responsible for the building of the dam and he also added that it was local villagers who had started the construction.[2] The two states experienced a thaw in their diplomatic relations and both countries deployed additional troops along the border shortly afterwards.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ahmed, Tanveer (25 September 2017). বাংলাদেশ মিয়ানমার যুদ্ধ : প্রসঙ্গ ও বাস্তবতা [Bangladesh Myanmar War: the topic and the reality]. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bangladesh-Burma border clash". BBC News. 2001-01-08. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. "Jonotontro Gonotontro with Robayet Ferdous". News24 (in Bengali). 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2021-06-24 – via YouTube.
  4. Hossain, Moazzem (17 November 2000). "Bangladesh-Burma border tense". BBC News. Dhaka.



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