Tar Bone Kyaw () is a senior Ta'ang (Palaung) military and political leader in

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(Burma). He is currently the

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of the

Palaung State Liberation Front The Palaung State Liberation Front (; abbreviated PSLF) is a political organization and armed group in Myanmar. Its armed wing is the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). History The PSLF has its origins in the Palaung National Front (PNF), a ...

(PSLF), and the

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of its armed wing, the

Ta'ang National Liberation Army The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (; abbreviated TNLA) is a political organization and armed group in Myanmar. It is the armed wing of the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF). History The PSLF has its origins in the Palaung National Front ...

(TNLA).

Military career

Tar Bone Kyaw served in the Palaung State Liberation Organization/Army (PSLO/A) until they signed a ceasefire agreement with the government in 1991. After the PSLO/A disbanded, Tar Bone Kyaw, together with another Ta'ang leader,

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, founded the TNLA alongside the PSLF to continue fighting for the

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of the Ta'ang people. When

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was launched on 27 October 2023, Tar Bone Kyaw told

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that the

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would end their ceasefire with the military junta.

References

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