Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova

Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova
Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Kosovës
LeadersAhmet Krasniqi X
Tahir Zemaj
Bujar Bukoshi
Sali Çekaj 
Agim Ramadani 
Anton Quni
Rashit Mustafa 
Hisen Berisha
Nazif Ramabaja
Ekrem Rexha
Foundation1991[1]
Dates of operationAugust 1998–1999
Active regionsKosovo
Size200–300 personnel[2]
Part of Kosovo Liberation Army as 138th Brigade (from late 1998)
Opponents Yugoslavia
Kosovo Liberation Army (until late 1998)
Battles and warsKosovo War

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (AFRK; Albanian: Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Kosovës, FARK) was a military of Republic of Kosova, paramilitary organization and military wing of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the main right-wing party in Kosovo established by Ibrahim Rugova and Bujar Bukoshi. It was active during the Kosovo War from August 1998 until the war's end in June 1999.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Phillips, David L. (2012). Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U.S. Intervention. MT Press. p. 68.
  2. ^ James Pettifer (2005). Kosova Express: A Journey in Wartime. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-29920-444-0.
  3. ^ Boyle, Michael J. (2014). Violence After War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-1421412573.
  4. ^ Independent International Commission on Kosovo (2000). The Kosovo Report (PDF). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0199243099.
  5. ^ Quackenbush, Stephen L. (2015). International Conflict: Logic and Evidence. Los Angeles: Sage. p. 202. ISBN 978-1452240985.

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