The Tatmadaw has regained control of the Goktwin Bridge and Gokteik Railway, which were temporarily controlled by the Palaung terrorist group TNLA and PDF, according to sources.

The Tatmadaw has launched counter-offensive operations to retake Nawnghkio town, which was temporarily controlled by the Palaung terrorist group TNLA and PDF, and successfully captured the entire Nawnghkio town on July 16, 2025.

The Tatmadaw has also made necessary preparations to continue clearing areas along the route after the insurgents withdraw from Nawnghkio, in order to reopen the Nawnghkio-Kyaukme section of the Mandalay-Lashio-Muse highway, a major route for the flow of goods through Nawnghkio.

In doing so, the Tatmadaw has conducted counter-offensive operations along the Nawnghkio-Goktwin route and Nawnghkio-Gokeik railway line.

As a result, Tatmadaw gradually recaptured Khe Tong Kyaing Village temporarily occupied by the insurgents on August 19,  Kaung Po Village on August 21,  Htan Ta Pin Village on August 22,  Pan Ti Village on August 23, Naung Pein Village, Pin Pao Village and Zee Pin Sakhan Village on August 24, Kyaung Kone Village on August 25, Sandamuni Monastery on August 26,  Naung Pyit Road Junction and Goktwin Bridge on August 27, Shu Khin Thar on August 28, and Gokteik Bridge and the surrounding area on August 29. During the 12-day operation, 47 major and minor clashes with the insurgents took place, and 29 enemy bodies and 23 weapons were seized.

During the clashes with the military columns, the TNLA and PDF bombed the bridge (9/84), a steel-concrete bridge located at milepost (78/2-78/3) of the Mandalay-Lashio-Muse Union Road in Kyaukme District, Nawnghkio Township, northern Shan State on July 13, and the two locations of the new and old Goktwin Bridge for the second time on July 15. The 60-foot-long bridge between the bridge pier (P-16) and the pier (AB-2) on the Kyaukme side of the Gokteik Bridge, a landmark of Myanmar and one of the world's most famous ancient bridges, was detonate on August 24, and the bridge pier (AB-2) was destroyed, and obstacles were erected and roads were blocked along the Nawnghkio-Kyaukme route to make transportation difficult.

The Tatmadaw columns used manpower and machinery to remove the obstacles and bridges along the route, and the Tatmadaw field engineers are constructing a temporary iron frame bailey bridge to restore the Goktwin Bridge to public use and facilitate transportation, and the necessary military operation is conducting in the area.