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Kaladan River of Arakan
The Kaladan is one of Arakan's principal river systems, connecting the mountainous interior with Kyauktaw, the central agricultural plains, Sittwe and the Bay of Bengal. For centuries it has supported settlement, rice cultivation, fisheries, navigation and trade. The river also occupies a painful place in Rohingya memory of the 1942 massacres and today forms part of the international Kaladan transport corridor.
Kyauktaw Market and Kaladan Bridge Airstrike, 28 September 2026
A Myanmar military airstrike struck the India Market and Kissapanadi Bridge area in Kyauktaw, Arakan, on 28 September 2026, killing at least 33 people and injuring 36. Rohingya community sources reported substantially higher casualties, but those figures remain under verification.