National Liberation Army (Macedonia)
Background
Background
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In 1992–1993, ethnic Albanians created the [Kosovo Liberation Army](/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army "Kosovo Liberation Army") (KLA) which started attacking police forces and secret\-service officials who abused Albanian civilians in 1995\.Perret 2008, p. 63 Starting in 1998, the KLA was involved in frontal battle, with increasing numbers of Yugoslav security forces. Escalating tensions led to the [Kosovo War](/wiki/Kosovo_War "Kosovo War") in February 1998\.

After the end of the Kosovo War in 1999 with the signing of the [Kumanovo agreement](/wiki/Kumanovo_Agreement "Kumanovo Agreement"), a 5\-kilometre\-wide [Ground Safety Zone](/wiki/Ground_Safety_Zone "Ground Safety Zone") (GSZ) was created. It served as a buffer zone between the [Yugoslav Army](/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro "Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro") and the [Kosovo Force](/wiki/Kosovo_Force "Kosovo Force") (KFOR). In June 1999, a new Albanian militant insurgent group was formed under the [Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac](/wiki/Liberation_Army_of_Pre%C5%A1evo%2C_Medve%C4%91a_and_Bujanovac "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac") (UÇPMB), which started training in the GSZ. The group began attacking Serbian civilians and police, [which escalated into an insurgency](/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Pre%C5%A1evo_Valley "Insurgency in the Preševo Valley").

With the signing of the [Končulj Agreement](/wiki/Kon%C4%8Dulj_Agreement "Končulj Agreement") in May 2001, the former KLA and UÇPMB fighters next moved to western Macedonia where they established the NLA, which fought against the Macedonian government in 2001\. [Ali Ahmeti](/wiki/Ali_Ahmeti "Ali Ahmeti") organized the NLA from former KLA and UÇPMB fighters from Kosovo, Albanian insurgents from the [Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac](/wiki/Liberation_Army_of_Pre%C5%A1evo%2C_Medve%C4%91a_and_Bujanovac "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac") in Serbia, young Albanian radicals, nationalists from Macedonia, and foreign mercenaries.Kolstø 2009, p. 173 The acronym was the same as the KLA's in Albanian.


What did this new group start doing?