65 additional Bulgarian rangers will join the ISAF mission in Afghanistan by September 1. Photo by BGNES
A send-off ceremony will be held in Karlovo, Central Bulgaria, on Thursday for a company-sized military unit which will join the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan to provide security at Kandahar Airport.
The ceremony will be attended by Defence Minister Anyu Angelov and Chief of Defence Simeon Simeonov.
Just a day earlier Bulgaria’s government decided to send up to 65 new rangers by September 1 to take part in the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission in Afghanistan.
45 of those rangers will join the group for training and liaison with the Afghani army, 10 will work as instructors in the Center for Military Training in Kabul and 10 as medics in the field hospitals in Kabul and Kandahar.
The move comes on the heels of a letter sent last week by US President, Barack Obama to Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, expressing gratitude for Bulgaria’s help in the missions in Afghanistan.