The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF; Burmese: ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားများကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့,) is a pro-democracy armed organization currently fighting in the Myanmar civil war. It is a defence force for the local Karenni federal state formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

၂၀၂၁ နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး၏ ပန်းတိုင်မှာ ဒီမိုကရေစီ၊ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကို အပြည့်အဝကျင့်သုံးပြီး တိုင်းရင်းသားတန်းတူရေးနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်ပြဌာန်းခွင့် အပြည့်အဝရှိသော ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရေစီ ပြည်ထောင်စု တည်ဆောက်ရေးဖြစ်သည်။.

The People's Defence Force[a] is the armed wing of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar. The armed wing was formed by the NUG from youths and pro-democracy activists on 5 May 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 that put the military junta and their armed wing the Tatmadaw in power. [15] .

The Karenni Army (Burmese: ကရင်နီပြည် တပ်မတော်; abbreviated KA) is the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and operates in eastern Kayah State (also known as Karenni State), Myanmar (Burma).

2023年11月10日 · The armed organisations taking part in the assault included the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF)—currently the most powerful armed organisation operating in the state—as well as the Karenni National People’s Liberation Front (KNPLF), the Karenni Army (KA) and the PDF, which operates as the armed wing of the publicly mandated ...

2023年8月11日 · Sporting a fresh tattoo of a Kalashnikov assault rifle on his forearm, ethnic fighter Reh Du is a leading figure in the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) – an …

2023年9月7日 · On August 31, Frontier sat down with Khun Bedu, chairman of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, one of the most prominent armed resistance groups formed in response to the 2021 military coup. He discussed the state of the conflict, cooperation with other resistance groups and the massive humanitarian crisis.

2023年7月7日 · The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) has emerged as the strongest resistance group fighting the Myanmar military regime in Kayah (Karenni) State. Kayah State has only seven townships and a population of just 300,000 people.

2024年6月4日 · Now the adjutant general of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), Khu Reedu talked to The Irrawaddy about achievements and challenges facing anti-regime forces in Kayah (Karenni) State and how unity is vital against their enemy. It has been three years since the KNDF was formed. To what extent has it achieved its goal?

One of Myanmar’s oldest armed movements, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), agreed to ceasefires with the Myanmar military government in 2012, ushering in a decade of relative stability. The military’s coup in February 2021, however, shattered the promise of peace and reignited the revolutionary spirit among the Karenni.