The junta has launched 2,500 airstrikes in Falam Township, Chin State, over the past four months, killing 42 Chin resistance fighters and injuring more than 100, the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA) reports.

On March 9, the ICA published a casualty list documenting losses in Falam from October 2025 through February 2026.

The junta’s airstrikes hit their highest level in the first two months of 2026, with daily attacks including drone bombings and suicide drone strikes on the rise. The ICA concluded that this indicates the junta has shifted its strategy to rely more on air assaults and long-range remote strikes than on ground offensives.

The junta is attempting to retake Falam Town but has been unable to make progress against the steadfast Chin resistance. As a result, its forces have dug trenches and reinforced their positions, while the Air Force airlifts supplies and ammunition to support them.

The ICA’s report highlighted that the junta appears to have made full control of Surbung Airport, near Falam Town, the primary objective of its operation.

Over the past four months, the junta's airstrikes in Falam Township have killed 42 Chin resistance fighters, wounded more than 100, and caused significant civilian casualties. At least 15 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in the indiscriminate air raids, which also destroyed more than 60 buildings, including schools, hospitals, churches, and homes.

Additionally, residents of 34 villages along the roads linking Kale Town in Sagaing Region with Taingen and Waibula in Chin State have fled to the forests. The junta is attempting to advance toward Falam by sending two columns along these routes.

Meanwhile, resistance attacks in Falam Township have killed more than 200 junta troops, wounded 250, and captured over 40, the ICA reported.

The ICA report noted that the junta’s indiscriminate airstrikes, which targeted residential and community buildings, show a blatant disregard for and violation of international humanitarian law.