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Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)

The armed organization of Kosovo Albanians that grew out of underground networks at home and in the diaspora linked to the People's Movement of Kosovo. After its first publicly claimed actions in the mid-1990s, its uniformed members appeared in public at Llaushë in November 1997. In 1998 it became an insurgent force with broad support, organized in operational zones under a General Staff, and took part in the Rambouillet delegation. Under its June 1999 undertaking it demilitarized by September 1999.

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Photographs

Rows of white graves in a memorial complex with hills in the background
A view of the memorial complex in Prekaz with rows of white graves.Photo: KushtrimHoti7 (përdorues i Wikimedia Commons) · Fotoja: 21 korrik 2025 · CC BY 4.0
House façade pocked with bullet holes, surrounded by protective metal scaffolding.
The house in the Adem Jashari Memorial Complex in Prekaz in which Adem Jashari and more than 60 other people were killed in the 1998 attack on Prekaz. Photograph taken in January 2013.Photo: Bdx · 2013-01-26 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wide view of the memorial complex with rows of white graves, lawns and a red-and-black flag.
The Jashari Neighbourhood Memorial Complex in Prekaz, a cultural heritage monument. Photograph taken in July 2025.Photo: KushtrimHoti7 · 2025-07-21 · CC BY 4.0
Damaged house enclosed in protective scaffolding, with an Albanian flag and a portrait panel; flowers in the foreground.
The Adem Jashari Memorial Complex in the Jashari neighbourhood of Prekaz, a cultural heritage monument, photographed on 21 July 2025.Photo: KushtrimHoti7 · 2025-07-21 · CC BY 4.0

Sources

  1. [1]James Pettifer. The Kosova Liberation Army: Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001. Hurst Publishers, Londër, 2014-01. https://hurstpublishers.com/book/the-kosova-liberation-army-2/. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Tim Judah. Kosovo: War and Revenge. Yale University Press, 2000. https://books.google.com/books/about/Kosovo.html?id=TDmwQgAACAAJ. 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.
  4. [4]Këshilli i Sigurimit i OKB-së. Security Council Resolution 1160 (1998). 1998-03-31. S/RES/1160 (1998). https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/1160(1998). Accessed 2026-09-16.

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