Chin National Defence Force

Insurgent organization in Myanmar (Burma)

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Chin National Defense Force
ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့
Flag of the Chin National Defense Force
Dates of operation	13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) – present
Headquarters	Falam, Chin State
Active regions	Chin State Magway Region Sagaing Region India-Myanmar border
Ideology	Chin nationalism Federalism
Part of	Chin National Organisation
Allies	Chin National Army^[1] Chinland Defense Force People's Defence Force People's Defence Force - Kalay^[2]
Opponents	Myanmar (SAC) Tamadaw Myanmar Army North Western Command Myanmar Police Force Pyusawhti militias
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present) Chin theater

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

^ "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.
^ "CNDF နှင့် PDF (Kalay) တပ်ဖွဲ့နှစ်ဖွဲ့မဟာမိတ်ပြု" (in Burmese). 2021-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
^ "အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မည်ဟု ချင်းတော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့သစ်ကြေညာ" (in Burmese). 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 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). Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.