Tahir Sinani (25 May 1964 – 29 July 2001) was a commander of the

Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the ...

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

and the National Liberation Army in Macedonia. During the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

, he was the commander of the Pashtrik Operational Zone, which comprised areas near the cities of

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and Gjakova (or Đakovica). Around this time, he took part in the Battle of Pashtrik. After the war, he was appointed a commander of the Third Operational Zone of the

Kosovo Protection Corps The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC; sq, Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës (TMK)) was a civilian emergency services organisation in Kosovo active from 1999 to 2009. The KPC was created on September 21, 1999, through the promulgation of UNMIK Regulat ...

, however he would also be involved in the

insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregu ...

within the Preshevë (or Preševo) valley. During the Insurgency in Macedonia, he was the commander of the 116th Brigade of the National Liberation Army. Tahir Sinani was born in the village of Gri, near the town of

Bujan Bujan is a village and a former municipality in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,550.

within the

Highlands of Gjakova The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands ( sq, Malësia e Gjakovës) refers to the mountainous ethnographic region in the eastern Albanian Alps that sits between north-eastern Albania and western Kosovo, serving as the historical centres of ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

on 25 May 1964. On 29 July 2001, he died due to an accidental explosion in an ammunition depot during the Insurgency in Macedonia. After the conflict, he was later buried in

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."Komandantët e UÇK-së, disa të vrarë, disa në arrati, shumica në poste". Lajm Maqedoni. 13 August 201

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Kosovo Liberation Army soldiers 1964 births 2001 deaths 2001 insurgency in Macedonia People from Tropojë Albanian nationalists {{Macedonia-bio-stub

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