Members of the Georgian Defense Forces have completed 17 years of successful service in strengthening global security in one of the hottest spots in the world, Грузия Online reports.
According to the Georgian Ministry of Defense, the 32nd Battalion was under US command in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as part of a NATO-sponsored ‘Resolute Support Mission’ for six months, and its main task was to defend the base.
The Georgian Defense Forces first joined the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in August 2004. Since January 1, 2015, the NATO International Mission in Afghanistan changed its appearance and continued its work in the format of the Resolute Support Mission (RSM), in which the Georgian military also took an active part. Georgia has become the largest non-Alliance donor in terms of the number of troops per mission per capita.
Since 2004, over 20,000 Georgian military personnel have taken part in international missions in Afghanistan through 107 rotations at various levels (ISAF, RSM). Thirty-two servicemen died as a result of the fight against international terrorism.
