TBILISI, DFWatch–Afghanistan is interested in Georgia’s location and prospects for cooperation in the fields of economy and transport, but nothing specific has yet been said about concrete project.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osman on Monday talked
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili received most votes among Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan.
Margvelashvili won over Davit Bakradze, from the National Movement, at two election precincts for Georgian soldiers serving in the NATO-led
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan have relocated to a safer place after the last attack on one of their bases, which caused the death of seven soldiers.
However, the investigation into the Taliban threat video,
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO envoy James Appathurai says he is ‘a bit concerned by the level of mistrust’ between Georgia’s government and opposition.
Appathurai, whose full title is NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–About 24 000 families who lost a member while doing military service will get increased compensation according to a new initiative, which will be presented to parliament on Friday.
The proposed bill will amend the law on the status of a military servant
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO envoy James Appathurai says the alliance does not have any evidence that Georgian troops in Afghanistan ‘are specifically targeted.’
Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two of Georgia’s military bases in Afghanistan will be closed, according to the defense minister.
In a TV interview on Tuesday Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said that his government, acting on recommendations from its armed forces
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sunday, thousands of people attended the funeral of the seven soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
Patriarch Ilia II conducted the funeral which took place at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi. The prime minister and almost the entire government were present during the service
TBILISI, DFWatch–Students rallied in front of the old parliament building in Tbilisi Friday to demand the withdrawal of Georgian troops from Afghanistan.
The protest came after seven Georgian soldiers died in a suicide attack in Helmand province on Thursday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO is to investigate whether there was a connection between a suicide attack on a Georgian base in Afghanistan and a video posted the same day which threatened to attack inside Georgia in retaliation for the country’s participation in ISAF.
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