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A soldier.

A man and a woman.
Dr Amos and his nurse wife Rebecca established Tikir Hospital after escaping Thantlang.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

An areial shot of homes burning.
Fires burn in the town of Thantlang in late 2021. (Supplied: CHRO)

Dr Amos.
The hospital has had trouble securing supplies after a Tatmadaw blockade.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A soldier sits looking over a town.
A soldier overlooking Thantlang, Myanmar, as smoke rises from burning buildings.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A doctor and nurses around a surgery bed and patient.
Dr Amos and his small team perform surgery in Tikir Hospital.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
People lying in hospital beds.
Landmine victims in hospital in Camp Victoria. The young soldier in the foreground's hand was blown off while trying to disable a mine. Before the coup he was a hairdresser. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Henry)
Two people in their home in Myanmar overlooking a camp
It's estimated 1.2 million people are internally displaced in Myanmar. Temporary camps have sprung up all over Chin State.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
A man on a bed.
A patient recovering in Tikir Hospital.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

Two young boys smile at camera while holding a gun
IDP children hold up a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance across Myanmar. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A man holds a rifle.
Cung Hlei Thwang is commander-in-chief of the Chinland Defence Force in Thantlang.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Two men on a motorbie.
Cung hitches a ride with a fellow CDF soldier. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A batallion sits on a deck holding guns.
CDF soldiers are mostly aged between 18 to 25. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A hill where soldiers are gathering.
CDF soldiers gather on a hilltop overlooking Thantlang, where fires are still burning.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A soldier in Chinland holds a primitive one-shot hunting rifle. 
A soldier in Chinland holds a primitive one-shot hunting rifle. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Dozens of people sit at dinner tables together on a dirt floor
Across Chin State, new soldiers live together in jungle camps. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Phone charging cables.
Soldiers have swapped sharing selfies with battle footage. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
A young soldier with a gun.
A number of fighters told the ABC they need more high-powered weapons to win the war.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

Soldiers in the rain.
Chin National Army soldiers wash off outside in the rain.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

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A soldier in a ute.
A CNA soldier who until recently was working in a cafe in Malaysia.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Digging a trench.
CNA recruits dig a trench above the highway.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A young girl.
People live in fear of the Tatmadaw who are accused of committing war crimes. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Women at a window.
“When you talk about the resistance force, it's not just the people who are wielding arms, it's the entire population that are behind those people,” says Salai Za Uk Ling of the CHRO.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
Kids with wooden guns.
Children in Chin State, Myanmar, mimic the soldiers waging war against the military regime.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
A woman preparing food.
Many have given up everything to fight. People here support them however they can, such as cooking meals.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

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Soldier looks at camera holding a tool in mud.
A CNA soldier takes a break from digging trenches with a hand-made hoe. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

Mother and son sit in mountains watching sun set
The people of Chin State want tougher sanctions placed on the regime. (Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)
A soldier in church.
A soldier attends church with a rifle in Camp Victoria.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

A woman holds a gun.
Emily believes the resistance can win the war against the Tatmadaw.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

Woman in fatigues looks through scope in gun.
“Women are important in the revolution. We also want to hold guns,” says CNA soldier Emily.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Davis)

  • Matt Davis
  • Mark Doman, Tom Brettell and Alex Palmer
  • Matt Henry and Caitlyn Davey
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