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The Kosovo Security Force [b] (KSF) is the military of Kosovo. The KSF is tasked with defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, military support for civilian authorities, and participation in international peacekeeping missions and operations. [1] Since 2018, it is in the process of transforming into the Kosovo Armed Forces.
Albania–Kosovo relations (Albanian: Marrëdhëniet Shqiptaro-Kosovare) refer to the current, cultural and historical relations of Albania and Kosovo. Albania has an embassy in Pristina and Kosovo has an embassy in Tirana .
During and after the Kosovo War 76 civilians were killed, 38 Albanians and 38 Serbs. [2] Military checkpoint in Viti, July 1999. Following the 1999 Kosovo War, it was the home of A Company, 2/505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, the first KFOR troops to begin stabilization efforts in the municipality. After the initial unit ...
[108] [59] [72] Kosovo Albanian school children donated clothes, food, and books. [108] By 29 November, more than 100 tons of supplies donated by Kosovo businesses and civilians reached Albania. [59] [71] Candlelight vigils were held in parts of Kosovo in honour of the deceased.
More than half of Kosovo's pre-1999 Serb population (226,000), [15] including 37,000 Romani, 15,000 Balkan Muslims (including Ashkali, Bosniaks, and Gorani), and 7,000 other non-Albanian civilians were expelled to central Serbia and Montenegro, following the Kosovo War. [16]
An additional 12,000 Kosovo Albanian civilians were displaced. After Junik's fall, the United States expressed concern that government forces had planted landmines around the town. In direct response to the town's capture, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1199 on 23 September 1998, calling for an end to hostilities in Kosovo.
The 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) insurgent group, formed from veterans of the Kosovo War and Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, attacked Macedonian security forces at the end of January 2001, and ended with the Ohrid Agreement, signed on 13 August of that same year.
Suva Reka massacre — 48 Albanian civilians victims, including 14 children, two infants, a pregnant woman and a 100-year-old woman. [56] Račak massacre — 45 Albanians villagers. [57] Podujevo massacre - 19 Albanian civilians. [58] Massacre at Velika Kruša — according to the Court, Serbian special police units murdered 42 persons. [59] [60]