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KFOR — 1999 –

Kosovo Force (KFOR)

A NATO-led multinational force that entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999 under UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Kumanovo Military Technical Agreement. Its initial tasks included ensuring the withdrawal of Serbian and Yugoslav forces, the demilitarization of the KLA and the establishment of a secure environment. The mission has continued after Kosovo's independence.

Photographs

Refugees at the roadside greet a column of military vehicles
Refugees from Brazda camp cheer British Warrior vehicles advancing towards Prishtina on the day KFOR entered Kosovo.Photo: Capt Jim Gallagher / UK Ministry of Defence · 12 qershor 1999 · Open Government Licence v1.0 (Crown copyright)
Wheeled armoured vehicles with Marines in front of damaged red-roofed houses in a village.
US Marines of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion prepare for an urban patrol aboard their LAV-25 vehicles in the village of Zegra on 27 June 1999. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit served as an enabling force for KFOR.Photo: Sgt. Craig J. Shell, U.S. Marine Corps · 1999-06-27 · Domen publik (Public domain)
Armoured vehicle marked KFOR on a village road, with soldiers in the turret.
A U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25 light armoured vehicle patrols in the village of Zegra, 27 June 1999. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed as an enabling force for KFOR.Photo: Sgt. Craig J. Shell, U.S. Marine Corps · 1999-06-27 · Domen publik (Public domain)
Soldiers beside a truck marked KFOR on a dirt road, with a hillside village behind.
German KFOR troops on patrol in southern Kosovo, summer 1999 (photo by Nick Macdonald).Photo: Nick Macdonald (nickmacdonald.net) · 1999 · CC BY-SA 3.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.

Sources

  1. [1]Këshilli i Sigurimit i OKB-së. Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). 1999-06-10. S/RES/1244 (1999). https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/1244(1999). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]NATO/KFOR dhe qeveritë e RFJ-së e të Serbisë (qarkulluar si dokument i OKB-së S/1999/682). Military Technical Agreement between the International Security Force (KFOR) and the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia. 1999-06-09. S/1999/682. https://docs.un.org/en/S/1999/682. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]UÇK dhe KFOR (teksti publikuar nga NATO; kopje në UN Peacemaker). Undertaking of Demilitarisation and Transformation by the UCK. 1999-06-20. https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/default/files/document/files/2024/05/990620undertaking20of20demilitarization20and20transformation20by20the20uck.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

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