Mongolië neemt volgens cijfers van de NAVO van 6 juni 2011 met 74 militairen deel aan de International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) van de NAVO.
Mongoolse soldaten maken onder meer deel uit van het Provinciaal Reconstructie Team (PRT) in de Noordoost-Afghaanse provincie Badakhshan, dat onder leiding staat van Duitsland.
In februari 2011 waren nog 60 manschappen uit Mongolië gestationeerd in Afghanistan.
Het Mongoolse ministerie van Defensie besloot in juli 2009 minstens 150 militairen bij te dragen aan de ISAF-missie.
De troepen zouden in september 2009 operationeel zijn en voornamelijk deelnemen aan de bewaking van objecten, en wat training geven.
Het leger meldde dat 130 soldaten beveiligingsdiensten zouden gaan leveren in Kabul en 29 soldaten zouden het Afghaanse leger trainen in het gebruik en onderhouden van artillerie.
De eerste missie van Mongolië duurde zes maanden.
Acht afzonderlijke Mongoolse mobiele trainingsteams waren eerder werkzaam van 2003 tot 2008 in Afghanistan. Deze eenheden bestonden slechts uit ongeveer 25 troepen en die voerden alleen trainingsmissies uit.
vrijdag 1 juli 2011
dinsdag 29 maart 2011
VS-ambassadeur Jonathan Addleton brengt bezoek aan soldaten Mongolië in Afghanistan
Jonathan Addleton, de Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Mongolië, bracht een bezoek aan de Mongoolse soldaten die deelnemen aan de International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) van de NAVO in Afghanistan.
Addleton verbleef vier dagen in Afghanistan en bezocht onder meer Mongoolse soldaten in Kabul die daar training geven aan het Afghaanse leger.
De trip was georganiseerd door kolonel Batjargal, de bevelhebber van de militairen uit Mongolië in Afghanistan en majoor Holt van de Alaska National Guard. Holt is als verbindingsman verbonden aan het Mongoolse contingent.
Verslag van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Mongolië
U.S. Ambassador Visits Mongolian Troops in Afghanistan
Ambassador of the United States to Mongolia Jonathan Addleton just returned to Uaanbaatar, having spent most of last week visiting the Mongolian military contingent serving in Afghanistan.
The program for the four-day trip was arranged by Colonel Batjargal from the Mongolian army and Major Holt from the Alaska National Guard. Batjargal commands the Mongolian soldiers who will shortly complete their six-month rotation in Afghanistan while Holt is assigned to the Mongolian contingent as a liaison officer. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Lau, the US military attache in Mongolia, accompanied the Ambassador on his trip.
"The main purpose of our visit was to express thanks and appreciation to the Mongolian soldiers in Afghanistan," said Addleton. "Mongolia is making an important contribution to the work of the broader international coalition in Afghanistan and it is important to recognize and honor their service."
While in Kabul, Addleton pinned ISAF service medals on many of the Mongolian soldiers serving there. He also brought a number of gifts from home -- Mongolian language newspapers and magazines; aruul from the countryside; tea from the Lake Hovsgol region; and letters and drawings from Mongolian school children in Ulaanbaatar.
"The international character of the effort in Afghanistan is especially striking," Addleton noted. "While in Kabul, I saw soldiers from many countries including not only Mongolia and the United States but also the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Australia, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Singapore and the Czech Republic, among other countries".
Part of Addleton's visit was spent with the Mongolian soldiers providing site protection at Camp Eggers, near ISAF headquarters in Kabul. He also visited smaller Mongolian contingents providing training to the Afghan military at several locations on the outskirts of Kabul. Among other things, this includes training Afghan soldiers in artillery, mortars and helicopter maintenance.
"It was a real honor to have the opportunity to finally make this visit," Addleton stated on his return to Ulaanbaatar. "It is one thing to read about members of the Mongolian army serving in Afghanistan and on various UN peacekeeping missions in places like Darfur, Chad, Sierra Leone and Kosovo. But it leaves an even stronger impression to see the soldiers in action and speak with them face-to-face".
(Ambassy of the United States, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 28-03-2011)
Fotoreportage:
http://photos.state.gov/galleries/mongolia/82677/ambassador_meets_mongolian_soldiers/1.html
Addleton verbleef vier dagen in Afghanistan en bezocht onder meer Mongoolse soldaten in Kabul die daar training geven aan het Afghaanse leger.
De trip was georganiseerd door kolonel Batjargal, de bevelhebber van de militairen uit Mongolië in Afghanistan en majoor Holt van de Alaska National Guard. Holt is als verbindingsman verbonden aan het Mongoolse contingent.
Verslag van de Amerikaanse ambassade in Mongolië
U.S. Ambassador Visits Mongolian Troops in Afghanistan
Ambassador of the United States to Mongolia Jonathan Addleton just returned to Uaanbaatar, having spent most of last week visiting the Mongolian military contingent serving in Afghanistan.
The program for the four-day trip was arranged by Colonel Batjargal from the Mongolian army and Major Holt from the Alaska National Guard. Batjargal commands the Mongolian soldiers who will shortly complete their six-month rotation in Afghanistan while Holt is assigned to the Mongolian contingent as a liaison officer. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Lau, the US military attache in Mongolia, accompanied the Ambassador on his trip.
"The main purpose of our visit was to express thanks and appreciation to the Mongolian soldiers in Afghanistan," said Addleton. "Mongolia is making an important contribution to the work of the broader international coalition in Afghanistan and it is important to recognize and honor their service."
While in Kabul, Addleton pinned ISAF service medals on many of the Mongolian soldiers serving there. He also brought a number of gifts from home -- Mongolian language newspapers and magazines; aruul from the countryside; tea from the Lake Hovsgol region; and letters and drawings from Mongolian school children in Ulaanbaatar.
"The international character of the effort in Afghanistan is especially striking," Addleton noted. "While in Kabul, I saw soldiers from many countries including not only Mongolia and the United States but also the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Australia, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Singapore and the Czech Republic, among other countries".
Part of Addleton's visit was spent with the Mongolian soldiers providing site protection at Camp Eggers, near ISAF headquarters in Kabul. He also visited smaller Mongolian contingents providing training to the Afghan military at several locations on the outskirts of Kabul. Among other things, this includes training Afghan soldiers in artillery, mortars and helicopter maintenance.
"It was a real honor to have the opportunity to finally make this visit," Addleton stated on his return to Ulaanbaatar. "It is one thing to read about members of the Mongolian army serving in Afghanistan and on various UN peacekeeping missions in places like Darfur, Chad, Sierra Leone and Kosovo. But it leaves an even stronger impression to see the soldiers in action and speak with them face-to-face".
(Ambassy of the United States, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 28-03-2011)
Fotoreportage:
http://photos.state.gov/galleries/mongolia/82677/ambassador_meets_mongolian_soldiers/1.html
zondag 13 februari 2011
Mongolië en de NAVO-missie in Afghanistan
Mongolië neemt met 60 manschappen deel aan de International Security Assistance Force van de NAVO in Afghanistan, aldus cijfers van 3 februari 2011 van de verdragsorganisatie.
Abonneren op:
Posts (Atom)