Karen National Liberation Army Karenni Nationalities Defence Force People's Defence Force
Opponents
Myanmar
Tatmadaw
Border Guard Forces
Myanmar Police Force
Pyusawhti militias
Union of Myanmar (until 2011) Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (until 1988) Union of Burma (until 1962)
Communist Party of Burma (until 1952)[3][4]
Battles and wars
Internal conflict in Myanmar
Karen conflict
Battle of Insein
Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
Succeeded by Karen National Liberation Army
The Karen National Defence Organisation (Burmese: ကရင်အမျိုးသား ကာကွယ်ရေး အဖွဲ့အစည်း; S'gaw Karen: ကညီဒီကလုာ်ဂၢၤသးကရၢ; KNDO) is the older of two main military branches of the Karen National Union (KNU), the other being the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). The KNDO fought against the government of Myanmar from 1947 until 1949 as the armed wing of the KNU.[1] It was succeeded by the KNLA when KNDO militias were combined with KNLA forces in 1970.[5]
The KNDO's goals include self-determination, freedom for the Karen people, the recognition of Karen State and human rights.[6][1]
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^ abSein, Mahn Htein Win Aung (29 October 2019). "ကေအန်ယူနဲ့ ကော်သူလေးအရေး". BNI (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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^Smith, Martin (1 June 1999). Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 284–287. ISBN 978-1-85649-660-5.
^"Burma's War and ethnic cleansing of the Karen people". Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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