Vasil Kuljanishvili, 22, was doing his job when he was killed during a foot patrol in Afghanistan last week. Far from home, he put himself on the line for a broader, international effort.
Private Kuljanishvili is the 31st Georgian soldier to be killed in action during our joint military deployment with NATO. Yet more than a decade after becoming the second-largest per capita contributor of troops to NATO in Afghanistan after the U.S., Georgia is neither a NATO member, nor has it been offered a clear plan on joining the alliance. We might be forgiven for thinking of ourselves as a …read more
Source: European Voice