But the government says the Albanian fighters, often referred to officially as "terrorists," really want an independent state.

British soldiers form a defense cordon in the valley, as they wait for Albanian fighters to march in and turn in their weapons.

At the end of the war about 1,700 Albanian fighters and family members went to the Russian Empire.

Two uniformed Albanian fighters shot from an ambush.

But then he tells the story of three men in his unit who killed three Albanian fighters at close range.

Then they went into the houses, looking for people, and sometimes Albanian fighters remained and there were firefights.

As of 2005 all Albanian fighters were grounded due to lack of spare parts.

One Albanian fighter was also killed in a shootout.

He said the shooting erupted just after midnight when the Albanian fighters saw unknown figures on ridge outside the village and opened fire.

And for lack of any other protection, he said they had to rely on irregular Albanian fighters.