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| All Burma Students' Democratic Front | |
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| မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလုံးဆိုင်ရာကျောင်းသားများဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တပ်ဦး | |
 Flag of All Burma Students' Democratic Front | |
| Leaders | Than Khe Myo Win Sonny Mahinder |
| Dates of operation | 1 November 1988 – present |
| Headquarters | Manerplaw (until 1995)[1] |
| Active regions | Kachin State Kayin State Magway Region Mandalay Region Mon State Sagaing Region Shan State China–Myanmar border India–Myanmar border Myanmar–Thailand border |
| Ideology | Liberal democracy[2] Federalism |
| Size | 1,000 (1989)[3] 600 (2016)[2] |
| Allies |  Arakan Army[4] Chin National Army Chinland Defense Force Kachin Independence Army
 People's Defence Force[5] People's Liberation Army |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar |
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The All Burma Students' Democratic Front (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလုံးဆိုင်ရာကျောင်းသားများဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တပ်ဦး; abbreviated ABSDF or မကဒတ) is an opposition group in Myanmar (also known as Burma). It was founded on 1 November 1988, after the 8888 protests in Yangon. The group's leadership consists mostly of former student exiles.
The ABSDF operates an armed wing, which has fought alongside other armed opposition groups in Myanmar, such as the Kachin Independence Army and the Karen National Liberation Army.
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- ^ a b Administrator. "ABSDF". MmPeaceMonitor.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Rotberg, Robert I. (1 June 1998). Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0815791690. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mathieson, David Scott (11 June 2017). "Shadowy rebels extend Myanmar's wars". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) has entered a war with Myanmar's junta military". The Chindwin. 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.