Bangkok (AP) —One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling
Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the
strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 271-kilometer
(168-mile) -long border with Bangladesh.美联社曼谷消息，与缅军作战的最强大的少数民族武装组织之一声称，已经攻占了缅甸西部战略重镇孟都(Maungdaw)的最后一个军事前哨，完全控制了与孟加拉国接壤的271公里长的边境线。
The capture by the Arakan Army
makes the group’s control of the northern part of Rakhine state complete, and
marks another advance in its bid for self-rule there.占领孟都镇意味着若开军完全控制了若开邦北部地区，标志着在争取自治方面又取得了进展。
Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for
the Arakan Army, told The Associated Press by text message from an undisclosed
location late Monday that his group had seized the last remaining military
outpost in Maungdaw on Sunday.若开军发言人凯督卡(Khaing Thukha)周一(12月9日)晚些时候从一个秘密地点通过短信告诉美联社，若开军已于周日(12月8日)占领了孟都仅存的最后一个军事前哨。
Outpost commander Brig.-Gen.
Thurein Tun, was captured while attempting to flee the battle, Khaing Thukha
said.前哨指挥官杜林吞(Thurein Tun)准将在周日被俘。凯督卡说，前哨指挥官杜林吞准将在试图逃离战斗时被俘。
The situation in Maungdaw could
not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and mobile phone
services in the area mostly cut off. Myanmar’s military government did not
immediately comment.由于该地区的互联网和移动电话服务大部分被切断，孟都镇的局势无法得到独立证实。缅甸军政府没有立即发表评论。
Maungdaw, about 400 kilometers
(250 miles) southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, has been the
target since June of an Arakan Army offensive. The group captured Paletwa and
Buthidaung, two other towns on the border with Bangladesh, earlier this year.孟都镇位于缅甸第二大城市曼德勒西南约400公里处，自6月以来一直是若开军军进攻的目标。今年早些时候，若开军又攻占了与孟加拉国接壤的另外两个城镇百力瓦镇(Paletwa)和布迪当镇(Buthidaung)。
Since November 2023, the Arakan
Army has gained control of 11 of Rakhine’s 17 townships, along with one in neighboring
Chin state.自2023年11月以来，阿拉干军已控制了若开邦17个镇中的11个镇，以及邻近钦邦的一个镇。
Ann, a town in Rakhine that hosts
the strategically important military headquarters overseeing the western part
of the country, appears to be on the verge of falling entirely to the Arakan
Army.若开邦的安镇(Ann)是具有重要战略意义的缅军军区司令部所在地，负责缅军在缅甸西部地区的防务。整个安镇即将被若开军完全攻占。
The group said in a statement
posted on the Telegram messaging app late Friday that it had taken more than 30
military outposts, except the army’s western command, which controls Rakhine
and the southern part of neighboring Chin state, as well as the country’s
territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal.若开军周五(12月6日)晚些时候在电报(Telegram)频道上发表声明称，除尚未控制西部司令部外，它已占领了30 多个军事前哨。缅军西部军区负责若开邦、钦邦南部，以及孟加拉湾的缅甸水域。
The Arakan Army, which is the
military wing of the Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group in Rakhine state, where they
are the majority and seek autonomy from Myanmar’s central government, denies
the allegations, though witnesses have described the group’s actions to the AP
and other media. The Arakan Army said Sunday it had ordered the suspension of
transport across the Naf River because police and local Muslims affiliated with
the army were attempting to escape by boat to Bangladesh.若开军是若开邦佛教若开族的军事组织，若开族在若开邦占多数，并寻求从缅甸中央政府获得自治权。若开军周日(12月8日)表示，已下令暂停纳夫河(Naf)两岸的运输，因为隶属于警察和当地与缅军有关系的穆斯林正试图乘船逃往孟加拉国。
