SFor
Proper noun
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SFor
Abbreviation of Stabilization Force, the NATO forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and other regions of the former Yugoslavia.
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Hungary joined the Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and has actively supported the IFOR and SFOR missions in Bosnia.
New Zealand has participated in 2 NATO-led coalitions; SFOR in the Former Yugoslavia (until December 2004) and an ongoing one in Afghanistan (which took over from a US-led coalition in 2006).
In 1999 British forces under the command of SFOR were sent to Kosovo during the conflict there.
In recent years, the Dutch have become significant contributors to UN peacekeeping efforts around the world as well as to the Stabililzation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina ( SFOR ) in Bosnia.
The number of SFOR troops was reduced first to 12,000 and then to 7,000.