Georgian peacekeepers return home from Afghanistan
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The company of Georgian soldiers of the first infantry brigade has completed their tour in the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and returned home without losses today.
General Aleksandre Kiknadze and Commander of the first infantry brigade Vice –Lieutenant Roland Dzneladze met them at the airport.
The Georgian company, headed by Nikoloz Vashakmadze served for seven months in Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth largest city in Afghanistan.
Take a look at how the Georgian soldiers were met at the airport:
The Georgian company was commanded by German military servicemen at Camp Marmal.
The company of the third infantry brigade will replace the soldiers who have just returned home.
The Resolute Support mission currently consists of more than 16,000 troops from 39 NATO Allies and partners.
Georgia is the largest non-NATO contributor to the Resolute Support mission with 870 soldiers.
Soldiers of the 22nd Georgian battalion were awarded for their exemplary deeds at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan yesterday.
Georgian military servicemen of the 4th mechanized brigade have been awarded for their honest, exemplary behavior in the Resolute Support mission in Kabul, Afghanistan
Georgian soldiers serving in a peacekeeping mission in the Bagram District in Parwan Province of Afghanistan are celebrating Orthodox Christmas today on January 7.
The 22nd battalion of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Defence Forces who defended international peace and security in war-torn Afghanistan returned home to Georgia earlier today. The Georgian soldiers had left to Afghanistan last September to contribute to the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission.
Georgian peacekeeping troops involved in NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan ran a drill at the major Bagram Air Base along with their United States counterparts.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani have welcomed the recent agreement between the United States and the Taliban aimed to end the almost 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeeping forces has arrived in Afghanistan to replace their colleagues for the next round of effort in NATO mission in the country.
Twenty-eight Georgian soldiers from NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been brought home with the help of the German Air Force earlier today, the Georgian Defence Ministry reports. The ministry says that an Afghan personnel was the source of the infection. The soldiers, who are undergoing treatment in Gori military hospital of central Georgia, suffer from a mild form of the virus, doctors say.