IPKF

IPKF

IPKF is an initialism which could mean any of the following:

* Indian Peace Keeping Force was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990.
* The International Peacekeeping Force is a fictional military agency in Ben Bova's novel Peacekeeper. It's mandate is to contain and then stop all wars, nuclear or conventional, once they cross national boundaries. They cannot conduct pre-emptive strikes nor interfere in the internal affairs of individual countries.

See also

* Peacekeepers


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