Kosovo Security Force

Kosovo Security Force Albanian: Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës Serbian: Косовске безбедносне снаге / Kosovske bezbednosne snage
Security Force Emblem
Founded	January 21, 2009
Headquarters	Pristina, Kosovo
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Hashim Thaçi
Minister of the Kosovo Armed Force	Haki Demolli
Chief of Defense	Lt. Gen. Rrahman Rama
Manpower
Military age	18
Fit for military service	1,300,000 , age 15–49
Active personnel	4,500
Reserve personnel	2,000
Expenditures
Budget	€65,000,000(2015)
Percent of GDP	0.89% (2016)
Related articles
History	Kosovo Liberation Army Kosovo Protection Corps
Ranks	Kosovo military ranks

The Kosovo Security Force or Kosovo Armed Force (abbreviated KSF or KAF; Albanian: Forcat e Armatosura të Kosovës (FAK), Serbian: Косовске безбедносне снаге (КБС) / Kosovske bezbednosne snage (KBS)), is an Army response force charged with conducting crisis response operations in Kosovo and abroad and civil protection operations in Kosovo. Its main tasks are operations in the areas of Search and Rescue, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Firefighting, and Hazardous Material Disposal. However, it is also equipped with light weaponry, and the Kosovo government plans to transform it into an army. The Commander of the KSF is Lieutenant General Rrahman Rama.

In March 2008, the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) started preparations for the formation of the Kosovo Security Force. According to guidance laid out in the Ahtisaari Plan, the security force is permitted to carry light weapons and the Government of Kosovo and the international community planned to bring the force in line with NATO standards. The admission and the training of personnel began in early June, when NATO experts arrived in Kosovo to guide the process, and from early December 2008, enlisting of candidates between 18–30 years old began.

Following the Kosovo War in 1999, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 placed Kosovo under the authority of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), with security provided by the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). KFOR entered Kosovo on June 12, 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.