The Kuki National Army (KNA) is a Kuki insurgent group active in

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and northwest

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. It is the armed wing of the Kuki National Organisation.

History

The Kuki National Army (KNA) was founded on 24 February 1988 with the goal of creating a separate state administered by the

Kuki people The Kuki people are an ethnic group native to the Mizo Hills (formerly Lushai), a mountainous region in the southeastern part of Mizoram and Manipur in India. The Kuki constitute one of several hill tribes within India, Bangladesh, and Myanma ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

(Burma). From its formation to 2013, the KNA was involved in 20 armed confrontations with the

Tatmadaw Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...

(Myanmar Armed Forces). After the

2010 Burmese general election General elections were held in Myanmar on 2010, in accordance with the new constitution, which was approved in a referendum held in . The election date was announced by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) on . The elections were the ...

, pressure from other Kuki organisations forced the KNA to separate its Indian and Burmese wings, the latter of which was renamed and abbreviated KNA(B).

Leadership

* President: Pu Letlam and Pu PS Haokip * Vice President: Pu Chuchung * General Secretary: Pi Ngangai * Joint Secretary: Pu Khupmang * Defence Secretary: Pu Paulneo * Information and Publicity Secretary: Pu Seigin * Home Secretary: Pu Michael Sasat * Head of Intelligence: Pu Letkholun * Secretary of External Affairs and Liaison: Pu Boipu * Secretary of Human Rights Law and Analysis Wing: Pi Lalam

Areas of operation

The KNA operates two armed wings, one in India and one in Myanmar (known as KNA(B).Total cadre strength 2500+

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Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

(Burma) *

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Ton Zang Township Ton Zang Township ( my, တွန်းဇံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Tedim District in the Chin State of Myanmar.Township 6"Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"map ID: MIMU001, created: December 2007, Myanmar Info ...

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Hkamti Township Hkamti Township or Khamti Township ( my, ခန္တီးမြို့နယ်) is a township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Burma (Myanmar).

Homalin Township Homalin Township ( my, ဟုမ္မလင်း မြို့နယ် ) is a township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of Burma. The principal town is Homalin.

Leshi Township Leshi Township or Layshi Township ( my, လေရှီးမြို့နယ်) is a mountainous

** Tamu Township ***

Myothit Myothit ( my, မြို့သစ်) is a town of Myothit Township in Magway District in the Magway Region in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ e ...

References

Rebel groups in India Rebel groups in Myanmar Paramilitary organisations based in Myanmar Secessionist organizations 1988 establishments in India Separatism in Myanmar {{Paramilitary-org-stub