Today, it is 27 years since the battle of Koshare, which marked the breaking of the border between Kosovo and Albania.
The confrontation with the Serbian forces that started on April 9, 1999, as part of the “Arrow” operation, is one of the bloodiest and most heroic of the Kosovo Liberation Army’s war.
It marked not only a moral victory for the KLA, but also paved the way for the supply of weapons and logistical support for many war zones in the interior of Kosovo, reports KosovaPress.
All this, since the efforts to reach an agreement for the Serbian forces to withdraw from the territory of Kosovo, had been unsuccessful. Meanwhile, after Rambuje, the Provisional Government of Kosovo was formed and Serbian military and paramilitary targets were attacked by the forces of the North-Atlantic NATO alliance.
From a strategic point of view, the battle of Koshare was of special importance, not only taking over and clearing the border, but also creating a stable background for logistical support and operations, medical aid, etc.
The removal of the border between Kosovo and Albania by war also had legal significance in international law. This made it impossible for Serbian forces to control the territory that divided a single nation, extinguished violent state influence and claimed territorial integrity.
The battle of Koshare remains one of the successful confrontations of the KLA forces, not only for the balance of those killed by the enemy, but also for the effect this success had on strengthening the trust of the population of the area in the KLA and its allies. This battle became a motive for increasing the ranks of volunteers joining the KLA at the front.
The triumph of fighters from all over Kosovo, united in Brigade 138, headed by commander Agim Ramadani, led to the collapse of the almost hundred-year-old wall between Kosovo and Albania.
The battle of Koshare was one of the most powerful links in the unbreakable chain of national history and will always be remembered as such among Albanians. /KosovaPress/
