The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) is a Karen national revolutionary resistance army formed by the Karen National Union (KNU) for the liberation and defense of the Karen people. While following, consistently and to the best of its ability, the political leadership, doctrines, policies, rules and regulations of the Karen National Union (KNU), the KNLA is a revolutionary resistance army, fighting for liberation of the Karen people. For nearly 70 years, it has been struggling to defend the Karen people from all kinds of adversaries, to provide security for their lives and homes, and to reach the goal in the form of a Karen State, free from all kinds of oppressions.