It says it could be several weeks before Nato troops can clear the region of mines. Brigadier John Hoskinson of the peacekeeping force said the situation was serious because there were thousands of mines scattered across Kosovo. He said Yugoslav forces had laid extensive minefields along the borders. However a BBC correspondent in Kukes says there is an atmosphere of great excitement in the camps and that as long as the border remains open the flow of returning refugees will become unstoppable. Serb deadline extended Nato says more than 26,000 of the original 41,000 troops have now left Kosovo, taking with them 110 tanks.
Serb forces have four more days to withdraw from the rest of Kosovo.
Nearly 40,000 Serb civilians have left the province, according to Nato, dealing a blow to its hopes for a multi-ethnic province. As international bodies are allowed back into the province, they are unearthing more signs of mass killings, committed by Serb forces in the last three months. And residents of Koronica in western Kosovo reported finding an estimated 150 buried bodies, said to be victims of a Serb massacre. The KLA has also given the BBC video footage of an alleged massacre of more than 60 refugees in Koliq. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.