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Thailand carried out air strikes on a disputed border area with Cambodia on Friday, as officials from both sides continued talks to try to end fighting.<\/p>\n
The Thai Air Force said it had hit a Cambodian “fortified military position” after civilians had left the area. Cambodia’s defence ministry accused Thailand of “indiscriminate attacks” against civilian houses and injuring several people.<\/p>\n
Fighting broke out again earlier this month after a fragile ceasefire in July halted five days of intense border clashes. <\/p>\n
At least 41 people have been killed and almost one million displaced since the hostilities resumed.<\/p>\n
Both countries have blamed each other for the breakdown of the truce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Since then, fighting has spread to nearly every province along the 500-mile (800km) border.<\/p>\n
Cambodia’s defence ministry said Friday’s attacks were in the north-western Banteay Meanchey province. Up to 40 bombs were dropped by F-16 fighter jets, the ministry said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n
Thailand said the action was aimed at controlling Nong Chan village, and was “carried out efficiently and successfully”.<\/p>\n
It came as Thai and Cambodian negotiators held their third day of talks at a border checkpoint. Defence ministers from both sides are due to join the discussions on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday that once both sides agreed to each other’s conditions, a ceasefire agreement could be signed.<\/p>\n
“I hope this time will be the last one we’d have to sign, so that peace can occur in the area,” he said, “[and] people can return to their homes.”<\/p>\n
The US and China have also been attempting to mediate a new ceasefire.<\/p>\n
The dispute between Thailand and Cambodia dates back more than a century, and there have been sporadic clashes, with soldiers and civilians killed on both sides over the years.<\/p>\n
But in May, tensions ramped up after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash. And on 24 July, the situation dramatically escalated after a Cambodian rocket barrage into Thailand, which was followed by Thai air strikes. That set off five days of intense fighting, which left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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