The Croatian Forces International Volunteers Association (CFIVA) (Croatian: Udruga Međunarodnih Dragovoljaca Hrvatskih Oružanih Snaga) is an Association founded by former volunteers in 1995 and is the officially recognised veterans' organization of foreign combatants, known as International Volunteers, of the Croatian and Bosnian Armed Forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), who served and fought in the wars for the independence of those nations from 1991-95 and from 1998-99.
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