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.

2024年3月24日 · Report on the Defections and Escapes of SAC Troops to the KNDF February 18, 2025

Operation 1111 (Burmese: ၁၁၁၁ စစ်ဆင်ရေး) is an ongoing military operation in Myanmar launched by Karenni Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) including the Karenni Army (KA), Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) and Karenni …

ကရင်နီအမျိုးသားများကာကွယ်ရေးတပ် (KNDF)၊ တပ်ရင်းအမှတ် (၂၇)၏ တရားဝင် ယူကျု့ခ ...

2023年9月7日 · The KNDF chair talks to Frontier about withstanding air strikes, unifying Karenni forces and building a parallel state government in one of Myanmar’s main conflict theatres.

In February 2025, within the operational area of KNDF Battalion No. (3), five individuals from the SAC defected, carrying their weapons. Additionally, eight others who fled unarmed from the frontlines (deserters) were successfully apprehended.

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.

2024年5月21日 · The KNDF are a new force of young fighters and commanders which appeared after the coup. Ethnic armed groups have been fighting against the military in Karenni - also known as Kayah state - for...

2024年11月14日 · On the first anniversary of Operation 1111, the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) announced plans for a transformative approach to ongoing military operations in areas under the control of Karenni revolutionary forces.

2025年2月4日 · The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) has reported that at least 40 junta troops were killed, while 10 others, including a deputy warrant officer, defected during clashes in January in Karenni and southern Shan States.