German air forces return sick Georgian soldier to homeland from Afghanistan
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A Georgian soldier who became seriously ill while serving in the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan has been brought back to his homeland by the German air forces, the German Embassy to Georgia has told IPN.
IPN reports that the soldier, who is not infected with COVID-19, but is seriously ill, arrived in Tbilisi yesterday. No details of his illness have been reported by the press.
The Resolute Support Mission kicked off five years ago. Photo: NATO.
Georgia is the largest non-NATO contributor to the Resolute Support mission with 871 soldiers.
The Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan was launched in 2015 and involves more than 16,000 personnel from nearly 40 NATO member and partner countries.
The mission serves to train, advise and assist Afghan defence and security forces and support them through funding.
Thirty-two Georgian soldiers have been killed and dozens injured in NATO-led peace missions in Afghanistan.
Soldiers of the 22nd Georgian battalion were awarded for their exemplary deeds at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan yesterday.
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.
Five Georgian soldiers have received minor injuries after terrorists attacked the Bagram airfield in Afghanistan, Georgian Defence Ministry has reported earlier today. The ministry says that Georgian soldiers from the 12th battalion - Gocha Muradashvili, Soso Kvinikadze, Roman Giunashvili, Ilia Takadze and David Bakhurauli have received minor injuries and there was no need of their taking to hospital.
One Georgian soldier was killed and three injured in an attack during joint motorised patrolling on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, reports Georgia’s Defence Ministry.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan has attended the certification exercise for the Georgia Deployment Program – Resolute Support Mission (GDP-RSM), conducted by Georgian and American troops, where she stated that Georgia is not only committed to supporting NATO, but that it can train and certify its own defence units for these missions.
Georgian peacekeeping troops are undergoing their final exercises before deploying to NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Georgia for the first time, with the Mission Readiness Exercise testing their preparedness for serving in the next round of tours in Afghanistan.
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.
A sixteenth individual has died from coronavirus-related complications in Georgia today. Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said the 72-year-old man suffered from kidney failure and several chronic diseases.