The Forgotten Soldiers of the KLA: How Kosovo’s Liberation Fighters Were Abandoned After the War

The Forgotten Soldiers of the KLA: How Kosovo’s Liberation Fighters Were Abandoned After the War

The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA – UÇK) was born out of resistance, sacrifice, and the desperate need for freedom. It symbolized liberation for Albanians who had endured repression, violence, and systemic injustice for decades. The war ended, Kosovo was freed, and history recorded the KLA as a force of liberation. But what followed for many of its fighters was not freedom—it was abandonment. According to the Organization of KLA Veterans and repor…