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Anotherone Georgian military killed in Afghanistan

Georgia Materials 31 August 2011 21:41 (UTC +04:00)
Anotherone Georgian military killed in Afghanistan during the execution of a peacekeeping mission. As reported trend in the Georgian Defense Ministry, sergeant Revaz Beridze who died in performance of duty, served in the third infantry brigade of the Georgian Defense Ministry in the ISAF.
Anotherone Georgian military killed in Afghanistan

Georgia, Tbilisi, 31 August /corr. Trend N. Kirtskhalia /

Anotherone Georgian military killed in Afghanistan during the execution of a peacekeeping mission. As reported trend in the Georgian Defense Ministry, sergeant Revaz Beridze who died in performance of duty, served in the third infantry brigade of the Georgian Defense Ministry in the ISAF.

He died from wounds received on patrol during Taliban attack in Helmand province territory.

Beridze served in the Armed Forces of Georgia since 2002 and during that time participated in peacekeeping operations in Iraq.

The Ministry of Defense brings a message of condolences to the family of the military and declares that ministry will give a complete social assistance package provided in such cases.

This is the ninth Georgian soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.

At the moment there are 900 Georgian troops in Afghanistan and the number of troops will be increased to 1500 by the new year.

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