The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is a veritable incubator of ethnic armed forces in Myanmar, and the well-known armed forces it has formed or rebuilt include the Kokang Allied Army, the De'ang National Liberation Army, the Arakan Army, the Communist People's Army of Burma, and the All Burma Student Democratic Front. It can be said that without the Kachin Independence Army, there would be no situation in Myanmar today.
Below, Piff will explain how these armed forces were formed with the support of the Kachin Independence Army.
Kachin Independence Army
1. The Kokang Alliance
In the 2009 August 88 Incident, the Kokang Allied Army was almost wiped out, and the rest were reorganized into border battalions by the Burmese Army. In 2010, with the support of the Kachin Independence Army, the Kokang Alliance was rebuilt.
It is said that the Kachin Independence Army gave Peng Jiasheng 100 guns, and it was with these 100 guns that the Kokang Alliance Army came back from the dead, growing step by step, and by the Spring Festival in 2015, it could launch a powerful counteroffensive known as the "War of Liberation", and once the troops were under the city of Lao Cai, and in the 1027 operation in 2023, not only recovered the entire territory of Kokang, but also expanded its sphere of influence to Menggu, Guiji, Mubang and other places. Now he has switched to the Wa state.
The Kokang Alliance
2. De'ang National Liberation Army
The De'ang National Liberation Army, formerly known as the Bang Long State Liberation Army, was disarmed by the Tatmadaw in 2005. In October 2009, the Beng Long Liberation Front, with the support of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), re-established its armed forces, namely the De'ang National Liberation Army (NAP), to receive military training and weaponry from the Kachin Independence Army. The De'ang Liberation Army was a replica of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) from the inside out. Now he has switched to the Wa state.
The former De'ang army was exactly the same as the Kachin army
3. Arakan Army (Arakan Army)
In 2009, the Arakan Army was formed with 26 fighters as its backbone and with the support of the Kachin Independence Army. In that year, the commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, Thongmi Neng, led 31 soldiers from Rakhine State to the territory of the Kachin Independence Army, they continued to break through the blockade of the Burmese army, and after losing five soldiers, they arrived at the location of the Kachin Independence Army in victory, and received military training and weapons provided by the Kachin Independence Army. Now he has switched to the Wa state.
Arakan Army
4. The Communist People's Army of Burma
In 2021, a coup d'état in Myanmar overthrew the democratically elected government by the Tatmadaw army, and the Communist Party of Burma, with the support of the Kachin Independence Army, revived the Communist People's Army of Burma, which had been dead for 32 years. In late August 2021, the Communist Party of Myanmar (CPM) issued the People's Liberation Army Declaration, and in late October it made public the training of the CPM, which has also received full military training and weaponry from the Kachin Independence Army.
Communist People's Army of Burma
5. All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF)
In 1988, Burmese students marched against the junta and formed the All Burma Student Democratic Front, which fled to Kachin after its defeat. At one point, the group was directly absorbed by the Kachin Independence Army, which in 2011 allowed them to operate independently and receive military training and weaponry from the KIA.
All Burma Student Democratic Front
6. Burmese People's Protection Forces
The Myanmar People's Defence Army (MPP) is an armed force led by the National Unity Government of Myanmar after the 2021 coup d'état in Myanmar, and has been reorganized from a number of rebel groups, including those close to the Kachin Independence Army.
In October 2021, the Government of National Unity established the Central Command and Coordination Committee as a centralized and unified military command body, which includes the Government of National Unity and allies of ethnic armed groups, including the Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA), the Kayah National Progressive Party/Kayah Army (KNPP/KA), the Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA), and the All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF).
Burmese People's Defence Forces
In addition to the above-mentioned large-scale and well-known armed groups, there are other smaller armed groups that are currently being formed by the Kachin Independence Army, just like the 26-member Arakan Army, who knows if there will be any behemoths hatched by the Kachin Independence Army in the future?