Editing Luxembourg Armed Forces (section)

=== Recent international operations ===
Luxembourg started financially supporting international [[peacekeeping]] missions in 1991, citing the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], [[Rwanda]] and in [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ECMM: Mission des observateurs de l'Union Européenne en ex-Yougoslavie |trans-title=European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM): Mission of European Union observers in ex-Yugoslavia |url=https://www.armee.lu/historique/l-armee-de-nos-jours/la-contribution-a-l-union-europeenne/ecmm |access-date=15 September 2019 |website=Armée luxembourgeoise |language=fr}}</ref> Luxembourg has been deploying military personnel for peacekeeping missions since 1992.

Luxembourg has contributed troops to the [[United Nations Protection Force|UNPROFOR]] from April 1992 to August 1993, deploying in total 40 military personnel in a Belgian bataillon. In 1996 Luxembourg contributed to [[IFOR]] missions in former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in a multinational transport company. This was followed by a small contingent in the [[NATO]] [[SFOR]] mission in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], completing 9 personnel rotations. The Luxembourg Armed Forces were integrated into the [[Multinational Beluga Force]] under [[Belgium|Belgian]] command.

Luxembourg has contributed over 18 years in NATO [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]], totalling 1200 military personnel. Luxembourg deployed a reconnaissance platoon first from 2000 to 2006 under Belgian command and from 2007 to 2011 under a [[France|French]] detachment. From 2011 to 2017 Luxembourg was subordinated to the headquarters in [[Pristina]], collaborating with an Austrian reconnaissance company.

Together with Belgium, Luxembourg contributed military personnel to [[UNIFIL]] in Lebanon from 2006 to 2014.

Over 35 rotations, Luxembourg troops have been deployed to [[Afghanistan]] from 2003 to 2014  to support [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]] in [[Kabul]] and [[Kandahar]]. The army has also participated in humanitarian relief missions such as setting up refugee camps for [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] and providing emergency supplies to Albania.<ref>{{cite book |title=Department of State Publication: Background notes series - Luxemburg |date=1 January 1995 |publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj4gppmA364C |page=8}}</ref> Furthermore, Luxembourg participated in the [[Resolute Support Mission|RSM]] in Mazar-i-Sharif from 2015 to 2021 and prodived evacuation support during the August 2021 Taliban offensive in Kabul.

The Luxembourg Armed Forces have also been active in Africa, supporting the EU Security Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RDC), the EU Military Operation in Eastern Chad and North Eastern Central African Republic ([[EUFOR]] Chad/CAR), following with the [[MINURCAT]]. From 2013 to 2022 Luxembourg provided support to [[European Union Training Mission in Mali|EUTM]] in Mali.

Luxembourg is also active in the NATO [[NATO Enhanced Forward Presence|eFP]], contributing logistical and satellite transmission support in [[Lithuania]] since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022 |title=30 ans OMP - 30 ans d’engagement au service de la paix |trans-title= |url=https://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/documents/actualites/2022/10-octobre/27-ceremonie-armee/dossier-presse30-ans-omp.pdf |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=gouvernement.lu/ |language=fr}}</ref>