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Thailand has carried out air strikes on Cambodia, hitting two military targets on Thursday, as the countries’ border conflict intensified, with clashes reported in six locations. 

Armed clashes erupted between Thai and Cambodian forces at their disputed border on Thursday, wounding two Thai soldiers and escalating diplomatic tensions that have already prompted ambassador recalls between the Southeast Asian neighbors.

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Thai and Cambodian soldiers have fired at each other in a contested border area after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute

Thai health authorities say 14 people killed in Cambodian attacks; Thailand carries out cross-border air attacks.

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Many border checkpoints had already been closed by one side or the other after relations deteriorated following an armed confrontation in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.

Thailand said it is closing some border crossings with Cambodia and withdrawing its ambassador from Cambodia, as well as expelling Cambodia’s ambassador

A few months after he became vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar met then-US president Joe Biden in Cambodia to attend a multilateral summit in November 2022. Biden reportedly told Dhankhar: “Just like you, I was also once vice-president.” Dhankhar said he was following in Biden’s footsteps.