Four Georgian servicemen Colonel Ramaz Gigiashvili, Sergeant Davit Tsetskhladze, Corporal Giorgi Kolkhitashvili and Nugzar Kalandadze were killed in an explosion in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

The soldiers died due to a mine explosion, while carrying out patrols.

The Georgian Defense Ministry does its utmost to transport the bodies of killed soldiers to home in the shortest term.

The Georgian contingent of 900 military men has been performing the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan since late summer. One officer was killed and one corporal was wounded during this period.