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Chin National Defense Force
ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့
Dates of operation13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) – present
HeadquartersFalam, Chin State
Active regionsChin State
Magway Region
Sagaing Region
India-Myanmar border
IdeologyChin nationalism
Federalism
Part ofChin National Organisation
Allies
Opponents Myanmar (SAC)
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar

Chin National Defence Force (Burmese: ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့; abbreviated CNDF) is a Chin ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar. It is the armed wing of the Chin National Organisation (CNO), and was founded on 13 April 2021 alongside it.[3][4][5] It is one of the armed groups formed in Falam, Chin State of Myanmar in response to the Myanmar military's coup d'état after 1 February 2021.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Chin National Front Signs Deal with Myanmar's Shadow Govt". The Irrawaddy. 29 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "CNDF နှင့် PDF (Kalay) တပ်ဖွဲ့နှစ်ဖွဲ့မဟာမိတ်ပြု" (in Burmese). 2021-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. ^ "အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မည်ဟု ချင်းတော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့သစ်ကြေညာ" (in Burmese). 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. ^ Benezer, Salai (April 23, 2021). "Chin people form CNO, CNDF". Burma News International (BNI). Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "Myanmar soldiers and polices defect to Chinland Defense Forces". The Chindwin. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  6. ^ McBride, Alex (Jan 24, 2022). "Resistance to the Myanmar regime in Chin state – a photo essay". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved Feb 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကြောင်းကြေညာ". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.