180-Truck Junta Convoy Moves Toward Saw Township for Renewed Kanpetlet-Mindat Offensive

A junta convoy of roughly 180-200 vehicles, including missile-launcher and heavy-weapons vehicles, departed Magway on September 19, 2026, routing via Pwintbyu and Salin toward Laung She in Saw Township near the Magway-Chin border, with additional security columns deployed along the Laung She-Sidoktaya and Laung She-Saw roads. Observers assessed the buildup as preparation for renewed operations toward Kanpetlet and Mindat in southern Chin State, following a 300-troop column that entered Saw Township on September 12 whose route PDF fighters found littered with discarded uniforms, a sign of conscript desertions.