Sentence examples for pmf from inspiring English sources

After pressure from the United States, Thailand and China to eradicate poppy fields in the early 2000s, the army has since been working with gangs called People's Militia Forces (PMFs) to grow more poppies, farther away from prying eyes.Again, the army can use its checkpoint soldiers to wave PMF drug shipments through, while choking off supplies from competitors among the local ethnic groups.

One Shan lobby group based in Thailand says that the links between army and PMF have become so close that in 2010 seven PMF barons were elected to Myanmar's new parliaments (federal and state) under the banner of the army's proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party.

Their widespread presence was starkly at odds with the description of the US Central Command leader, Gen Lloyd Austin, who hours after the air strikes told the Senate armed services committee: "Currently there are no Shia militia and, as reported by the Iraqis today, no PMF in that area as well".

Asked about the role of the militias, one officer answered cautiously: "Whether you accept the PMF or not, they come here as Iraqis to free people who had accepted Isis into their lives".

While victory has been credited to the Iraqi forces, those who fought acknowledge that Shia militias aligned to the Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF) played prominent roles in the battle and in the immediate aftermath.