Georgian service members wounded in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan have been taken to the main hospital of the “Bastioni” base. The majority of the injured suffered barotraumas. Doctor of the 42nd Battalion Major Zurab Zakaraia said their lives were not in danger and their condition was being monitored by qualified medical personnel.
Seven service members of the Georgian Armed Forces serving in the Helmand province within the ISAF mission were killed on June 6 in a suicide attack on their forward base. Corporals Teimuraz Ortavidze and Giorgi Adamov, Private First Class Zurab Gurgenashvili, Privates Mikheil Narindoshvili, Boris Tsugoshvili, Private First Class Zviad Sulkhanishvili and Private First Class Giorgi Ghutchashvili died in the incident while nine service members were wounded.

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