Pa-O National Liberation Army | |
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ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻလွစ်ထန်ႏရေꩻတပ်မတောႏ | |
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Dates of operation | Modern: 2009 Post-independence: 1949 –1976 | –present
Headquarters | Camp Laybwer, Mawkmai Township, Shan State, Myanmar |
Active regions | Shan State Myanmar-Thailand border |
Ideology | Pa-O nationalism Federalism |
Size | 400+-1000+[3][4] |
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Opponents | State opponents:
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Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar |
The Pa-O National Liberation Army (Pa'o Karen: ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻလွစ်ထန်ႏရေꩻတပ်မတောႏ, Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းအမျိုးသားလွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော်; abbreviated PNLA) is a Pa-O insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma). It is the armed wing of the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation.[2][6]
The PNLA signed a "Five-Point State-Level Agreement"[7] and an "Eight-Point Union-Level Agreement"[8] with the government of Myanmar on 25 August 2012.