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Tribut to all international soldiers in Kosovo! www.facebook.com www.roterfreitag.de The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo. KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. At the time of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with military and paramilitary forces from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in daily engagement. Ethnic tensions were at their highest and the death toll had reached a historic high. Nearly one million people had fled Kosovo as refugees.[ As of January 2010, KFOR consists of fewer than 10000 troops. As of 1 February 2010, the Multinational Task Forces changed the structure and become Multinational Battle Groups. KFOR Task Forces, 2006 German KFOR badge German Army KFOR soldiers and a Marder infantry fighting vehicle in southern Kosovo in 1999 German KFOR soldiers patrol southern Kosovo in 1999 KFOR contingents were originally grouped into 4 regionally based multinational brigades. The brigades were responsible for a specific area of operations, but under a single chain of command under the authority of Commander KFOR. In August 2005, the North Atlantic Council decided to restructure KFOR, replacing the four existing multinational brigades with five task forces, to allow for greater ...