Georgian military contribution in Afghanistan remains highly-valued
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Top US commander in Afghanistan Army General John Nicholson thanked Georgia’s contribution to military efforts in Afghanistan yesterday as a non-NATO member state.
Nicholson, who leads U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee this Thursday, reported Voice of America (VOA).
The top U.S. commander said he believes US-backed Afghan forces are "in a stalemate” in the 15-year-old war. He said that in order to break that stalemate, he needs "a few thousand” more soldiers to accompany the 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Stressing the importance of US partner-countries fighting in Afghanistan, Nicholson mentioned Georgia’s impressive contribution to the coalition’s fighting force with the highest number of soldiers.
Georgia is currently the largest, non-NATO contributor to NATO Resolute Support Mission with 885 troops.
A memorial built to honour the Georgian soldiers who died while serving in Afghanistan has opened in capital Kabul today.
"You are the face, identity and dignity of the Georgian state,” said Georgia’s Minister of Defence Tinatin Khidasheli as she addressed a group of servicemen who are today leaving for Afghanistan to fight for international peace.
Georgian troops will continue to serve in Afghanistan in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission after 2017.
Georgian soldiers are officially engaged in the Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze met with United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday during his two-day official state visit to the US.
The relations between Georgia and the United States are stronger today than ever before, says a top US military official.
NATO defence ministers and high-ranking Georgian officials are preparing for a NATO-Georgia Commission meeting scheduled for tomorrow in Brussels.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria met with his Romanian and Lithuanian counterparts ahead of the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting scheduled for later today.
A meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission on the ministerial defense level has just come to a conclusion in Brussels, where Georgia’s security situation was reviewed and discussed at length.
Georgian companies could be given the right to participate in tenders in Afghanistan.
Chairperson of NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel said the alliance wants to assist Georgia in establishing "effective and sustainable armed forces”.
A new group of Georgian troops has departed to serve in the international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan following a formal ceremony involving officials and diplomats in Georgia’s west earlier today.
252 young soldiers have joined the Special Tasks Department of Georgia’s Interior Ministry with a military oath today.
Hundreds of foreign service members serving in the international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan paid respects to Georgian troops wounded or killed in the mission by running a marathon in Kabul earlier today.
Georgian children from the capital of Tbilisi and other towns in Georgia sent letters of support to soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Georgian leaders say they are saddened by a deadly blast in the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital of Kabul and condemn terrorism.
Georgian troops serving in the international peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan are honing their skills by training personnel in evacuation and security actions.
The first ever Georgian military dictionary has been unveiled at the Georgian Defense Ministry’s army hall today.The dictionary gives brief overview of various military issues including the structural and systemic categories, definitions of strategies and tactics, modern terms and other field-related issues.
Three Georgian soldiers have been wounded during a terror attack today on the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
One Georgian soldier has been slightly injured after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan today. The attack took place near Bagram airfield, outside the capital Kabul.
Georgian soldiers of the 3rd infantry brigade have conducted a coordinative-situational training in Mazar-i-Sharif military base, Afghanistan, within the NATO peacekeeping Resolute Support Mission.
One hundred Georgian soldiers from the 11th battalion of the 1st Infantry brigade and 21st battalion from the 2nd Infantry Brigade have left for the NATO peace mission in Afghanistan equipped with bulletproof vests and armor helmets made in Georgia by the State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta.
Georgian Vice Colonel Irakli Chitanava, who commands the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 11th battalion of the Georgian Armed Forces (GAF) in Afghanistan, has awarded several American soldiers with the order of General Kvinitadze.
No Georgian soldiers have been killed or injured during a deadly blast in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier today, killing at least 10 and leaving dozens injured, the Georgian Defence Ministry reports.
Senior Lieutenant Iveri Buadze who was severely injured in Afghanistan’s Parwan Province in 2017 returned to Georgia after a long treatment and rehabilitation course in the United States. Being involved in the NATO Resolute Support Mission Buadze was supervising a team of Georgian soldiers on 6 September 2017 as they visually inspected vehicles prior to entering Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
The Georgian government has gifted a flat to Senior Lieutenant Iveri Buadze, who received severe injuries during the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan back in 2017, after he was injured during a suicide attack while on duty.