Chin National Defence Force Explained

Chin National Defense Force
Native Name:	ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့
Native Name Lang:	my
War:	the Internal conflict in Myanmar
Active:	– present
Ideology:	Chin nationalism Federalism
Partof:	Chin National Organisation
Headquarters:	Falam, Chin State
Area:	Chin State Magway Region Sagaing Region India-Myanmar border
Allies:	Chin National Army^[1] Chinland Defense Force People's Defence Force People's Defence Force - Kalay^[2]
Opponents:	Myanmar (SAC) Tamadaw North Western Command Myanmar Police Force Pyusawhti militias
Battles:	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]

Notes and References

Web site: Chin National Front Signs Deal with Myanmar's Shadow Govt. The Irrawaddy. 30 May 2021. 29 May 2021. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121112304/https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chin-national-front-signs-deal-with-myanmars-shadow-govt.html. live.
Web site: 2021-09-23 . CNDF နှင့် PDF (Kalay) တပ်ဖွဲ့နှစ်ဖွဲ့မဟာမိတ်ပြု . 2022-07-04 . my . 2022-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191235/http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/489775 . live .
Web site: အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မည်ဟု ချင်းတော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့သစ်ကြေညာ . 11 March 2022 . my . 22 April 2021 . 10 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510094434/http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/458934 . live .
Web site: Benezer. Salai. April 23, 2021. Chin people form CNO, CNDF. live. February 5, 2022. Burma News International (BNI). https://web.archive.org/web/20210423122853/https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/chin-people-form-cno-cndf . 2021-04-23 .
Web site: Myanmar soldiers and polices defect to Chinland Defense Forces. live. February 17, 2022. The Chindwin. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218015529/https://www.thechindwin.com/myanmar-soldiers-and-polices-defect-to-chinland-defense-forces/ . 2022-02-18 .
Web site: McBride. Alex. Jan 24, 2022. Resistance to the Myanmar regime in Chin state – a photo essay. live. Feb 17, 2022. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124071145/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/24/resistance-myanmar-regime-chin-state-photo-essay . 2022-01-24 .
Web site: ချင်းအမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကြောင်းကြေညာ . VOA Burmese . 11 March 2022 . my . 19 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019130348/https://burmese.voanews.com/a/chin-youth-formed-chin-defence-armed-group/5862960.html . live .