All Burma Students' Democratic Front
| 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) |
| 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 Federalism |
| Size | 1,000 (1989) 600 (2016) |
| Allies | Arakan Army Chin National Army Chinland Defense Force Kachin Independence Army Karen National Union People's Liberation Army |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Myanmar conflict |
| Left Arm Badge of ABSDF | |
| Right Arm Bage of ABSDF, usually with the number of the assigned brigade above | |
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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.