Georgian soldiers from the 43rd Batallion of the 4th Mechanised Brigade have returned home after serving in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. They were replaced by the 22nd Batallion of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry stated.
The 43rd Battalion was based at Bagram Air Base and carried out a wide range of tasks, Sputnik Georgia reports.
Georgia’s Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli met the returning soldiers.