Kawthoolei Armed Forces

Kawthoolei Armed Forces
ကော်သူးလေတပ်မတော်
Dates of operation1949-1952
October 2014 (2014-10) – present
IdeologyKaren nationalism
Separatism
AlliesNational Unity Government of Myanmar
Opponents
Battles and warsMyanmar civil war (2021–present)

The Kawthoolei Armed Forces (Burmese: ကော့သူးလေတပ်မတော်; abbr. KAF) was the name of the armed forces of the self-declared Kawthoolei state in late 1940s during the Burmese civil war. It was recreated in the 2010s as an ethnic Karen rebel alliance.