Chin National Defence Force
Chin National Defence Force (Burmese: ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့; abbreviated CNDF) is a Chin nationalist insurgent group in Myanmar. It is the armed wing of the Chin National Organization (CNO), and was founded on 13 April 2021 alongside it.[1][2][3] It is one of the armed groups formed in Chin State of Myanmar in response to the Myanmar military's coup d'état after 1 February 2021.[4][5]
| Chin National Defense Force | |
|---|---|
| ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ | |
 Flag of the Chin National Defense Force | |
| Dates of operation | 13 April 2021 – present |
| Headquarters | Falam, Chin State |
| Active regions | Chin State |
| Ideology | Chin nationalism Federalism |
| Size | 6000+ |
| Part of | Chin National Organization |
| Allies |
Chinland Defence Force Chin National Army |
| Opponents |  Myanmar
|
| Battles and wars | 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency |
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References
- "အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မည်ဟု ချင်းတော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့သစ်ကြေညာ" (in Burmese). 22 April 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- 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.
- "Myanmar soldiers and polices defect to Chinland Defense Forces". The Chindwin. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- 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.
- "ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကြောင်းကြေညာ". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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