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။.

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 ...

2024年5月21日 · Ethnic armed groups have been fighting against the military in Karenni - also known as Kayah state - for decades. But the KNDF has brought them unity and battlefield success.

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 ethnic armed group.

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 · Although the KNDF was only formed two years ago, it has become the strongest and largest armed group in Karenni State. While the KA, which has trained the KNDF, has only 3,000 troops, the KNDF now boasts 22 battalions with over 7,000 troops.

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.

2023年6月5日 · During the 2 years of the revolution, (153) soldiers from the KNDF were killed while fighting against the SAC’s troops. KNDF recognizes the fallen soldiers as Karenni national martyrs and salutes them in history. It means that we will continue to fight until the revolution succeeds by swearing an oath to all fallen martyrs.

2024年3月26日 · The Karenni National Defence Forces (KNDF) launched its own offensive on November 11, 2023, "Operation 1111", aiming to take control of the state capital of Loikaw.