Myanmar's military launched what it describes as a counterinsurgencyoperation in northwestern Rakhine in October.
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The administrator, who briefed Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the reports described a lawful counterinsurgencyoperation.
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Summer in Afghanistan also coincides with the annual peak of counterinsurgencyoperations, he said.
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Myanmar says its troops were engaged in legitimate counterinsurgencyoperations.
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The U.S. troops in Afghanistan train and advise Afghan security forces and conduct counterinsurgencyoperations.
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But the role of a combat aircraft like the F-16 in counterinsurgencyoperations continues to be ambiguous.
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What are limited counterinsurgencyoperations?
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The country's army chief has denied any systematic persecution of the Rohingya, saying forces have carried out legitimate counterinsurgencyoperations.
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Myanmar has denied almost all the accusations made by refugees against its troops, who it said engaged in legitimate counterinsurgencyoperations.
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About 14,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, training and advising Afghan security forces and conducting counterinsurgencyoperations.
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So it's baffling for the Pentagon strategy to say that U.S. forces will remain prepared "to conduct limited counterinsurgencyoperations."
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Iraqi counterinsurgencyoperations produced large numbers of detainees that clearly overwhelmed the limited resources of the prison guard units sent to Iraq.
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To give the Pentagon a generous interpretation, limited counterinsurgencyoperations might mean training partner militaries to wage their own battles against insurgents.
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Currently, the definition of a ready Iraqi unit is one that is capable of conducting counterinsurgencyoperations with only very limited US support.
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In Washington, U.S. lawmakers said they planned to accelerate the flow of more than $400 million in aid to Pakistan to help with counterinsurgencyoperations.
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Some 14,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, training and advising Afghan forces as part of the Resolute Support mission and conducting counterinsurgencyoperations.