Georgian peacekeepers bring presents to Afghan schoolkids

Schoolchildren in an eastern Afghan village received presents from Georgian peacekeeping troops, who met the local kids earlier today in their first humanitarian mission.

Children studying in the Bagh-e Alam village girls’ school received notebooks, writing tools, paper glues and other items sent from Georgia.

The presents were brought to them by a group of service members from the 23rd Battalion of the II Infantry Brigade serving in the international Resolute Support mission.

Girls studying in the school receive classroom items from Georgian troops. Photo: Georgia’s Defence Ministry press office.

Visiting the village of eastern Afghanistan’s Qarabagh District 30km north of capital Kabul, the unit’s women service members handed the items to the kids.

Other members of the unit were also on the scene to provide security along with their counterparts from the United States and Afghan National Army troops.

The items were sent for the schoolchildren from Georgia. Photo: Georgia’s Defence Ministry press office.

The humanitarian mission was the first operation of the kind for the Georgian units involved in the Resolute Support mission.

The 23rd Battalion departed Georgia for their seven-month rotation within the mission in March. The unit is tasked with providing security for the Bagram Air Base, located north of Kabul.