Georgian peacekeepers return from Afghanistan
The thirteenth battalion of the first brigade has already arrived in Afghanistan to replace the twelfth battalion and continue Georgia's strong effort in NATO's Resolute Support Mission. Photo: IPN.
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The twelfth battalion of the first Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Defence Forces has completed its mission in Nato’s Resolute Support Mission and returned from Afghanistan to Georgia.
The task of the battalion was to ensure security at Bagram Airfield.
The first hundred soldiers have already returned under the command of Vice-Colonel Giorgi Jincharadze, while other members of the battalion will return gradually.
The peacekeepers will be placed under quarantine for two weeks after their return to the country in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization to avoid the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
The thirteenth battalion of the first brigade has already arrived in Afghanistan to replace the twelfth battalion and continue Georgia's strong effort in NATO's Resolute Support Mission.
A company-sized unit of the Georgian Defence Forces is on its way to get involved in NATO's Resolute Support peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, marking the latest rotational deployment of troops from Georgia in the effort.
The health condition of 28 Georgian soldiers who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Afghanistan is satisfactory, says the press office of the Gori military hospital.
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.
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.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeepers returned from the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan earlier today after serving in a six-month deployment in Kabul alongside their NATO partners.
In the latest round of peacekeeping duties for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, the 32nd Infantry Battalion of the Georgian Defence Forces left Tbilisi on Wednesday to relieve their colleagues in Bagram.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeepers is on the way to take up their tasks in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan after leaving Tbilisi on Wednesday.