Rohingya insurgents on Sunday declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire in order to enable aid groups to help ease a humanitarian crisis in northwest Myanmar, Reuters reported.

Nearly 300,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in the past two weeks and 30,000 non-Muslim civilians have been displaced inside Myanmar after the military launched a counter-offensive following attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) insurgents on police posts and an army base on August 25.

In this episode of Jahan Nama, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Waliullah Labib, religious affairs analyst

• Mohammad Haidari, international relations affairs analyst