Azad (Left) and other foreigner (Right) in Myanmar (Photo from PDF-Zoland)
INDO-PACIFIC
First Images Emerge of Foreign Volunteers Operating with Chin State-Based Group
Two foreigners, one American and the other undisclosed, recently traveled to Myanmar to join PDF Zoland (PDF-Zoland), a local People's Defense Force (PDF) based in Chin State. However, they were not the first foreigners to interact with the group. Collin Mayfield, an independent journalist and cameraman, previously traveled to Myanmar and lived with PDF-Zoland for a few months in the fall of 2023.