TBILISI, DFWatch — A Georgian soldier serving in Afghanistan has disappeared, according to the defense ministry.
The soldier, who was serving as part of the ISAF mission, disappeared on December 19, and no one has seen him since.
Georgia’s Afghanistan contingent
Georgia raises salaries for its soldiers in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Defense Ministry plans to improve conditions for Georgian soldiers serving in NATO’s ISAF mission to Afghanistan.
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania on Friday stated that the salary will be increased for Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
Georgia ready to extend Afghanistan mission
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia will continue its participation in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan also after 2014.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze said this while briefing David Lidington, the UK’s Minister of State for Europe, about the Georgian
New government will reconsider Afghanistan mission
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia may reconsider the size of its contingent in Afghanistan after 2014.
Candidate for new foreign minister Maia Panjikidze does not exclude that the new government will make changes to Georgia’s participation in the NATO-led ISAF operation
Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch — Corporal Mindia Abashidze was the eighteenth Georgian soldier to die while serving in the NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Georgia’s defense ministry on Thursday reported that the corporal born October 27, 1989,
Georgia’s defense minister visits Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Defense Minister and Chief of Staff met with ISAF Commander of Regional Command Southwest Major General and Commander of Task Force RC (SW) Major General to receive information about the mission.
According to Georgia’s Defense Ministry
Georgia loses 17th soldier in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch –Georgia has lost its 17th soldier in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
The Georgian Defense Ministry informs that Givi Pantsulaia, born in 1984, died Saturday at Gori Military Hospital.
“Corporal Givi Pantsuala received injuries
Sixteenth Georgian soldier dies in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Defense Ministry informs that another soldier has died in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of servicemen lost there to sixteen.
Valerian Khujadze was serving in the 31st Battalion in the volatile Helmand province. The incident happened on
U.S. brings mine-resistant vehicles to Georgia for training
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Department of Defense has brought 28 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP) to Georgia to train Georgian troops.
The U.S. embassy in Tbilisi released a statement saying that the vehicles will be transfered from the
Opposition accuses gov't of lying about Afghanistan casualties
TBILISI, DFWatch – An opposition politician in the former Soviet republic of Georgia accuses the government of lying about when three servicemen died last week.
Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s former Foreign Minister, accuses the government of having postponed the sad