Kandahar International Airport

Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca, Interior Minister Marcel Vela, and Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Daniel Petrescu, went to Afghanistan on Tuesday to meet with the Romanian troops. "We really wanted to go to Afghanistan before the winter holidays, to meet with the troops and to send them our message of appreciation for everything they do for the Romanian Army and for the country.

With a solemn ceremony on May 2, Bulgaria will send the 38th contingent of the armed forces to participate in NATO's mission in Afghanistan "Resolute Support". The ritual will take place at 14:00 in Svoboda Square in Haskovo and will include Deputy Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and Deputy Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Dimitar Iliev.

Eight military with the 30th Battalion "Carpathian Vultures" Force Protection with Campulung Muscel were wounded on Monday morning in Afghanistan, during a mission in their responsibility area, as they were the target of a trap-vehicle (VBIED), the National Defence Ministry (MApN) informs in a release.AGERPRES

The base of the international coalition forces at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, was under rocket fire on February 11, 2018, at 21.45 local time (19.15 GMT), the Ministry of Defense said.

No Bulgarian soldiers have been injured.

Three Romanian infantry troops were wounded in a car bomb in the Afghanistan southern province of Kandahar on Friday, the Ministry of Defence in Bucharest announced.

One of the men is in a critical condition, while the other two have serious injuries, but are stable, a ministry press release said.

The 31st contingent of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria returned to the country on October 7 after successful participation in NATO's mission in Afghanistan Resolute Support.

The contingent was greeted at Sofia Airport by the Chief of Staff of Allied Command Commodore Dimitar Yordanov.

An attack targeting Kandahar international airport in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening claimed the lives of at least nineteen people and left at least twenty other injured.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack at the heavily fortified airport, the BBC reports.

No Bulgarian servicemen were injured in a rocket attack, which targeted the Kandahar international airport in Afghanistan on Monday evening, the press servie of the defence ministry informs.

Bulgarian troops have been deployed to Afghanistan for participation in international missions in the past thirteen years.

At least six people were killed and 19 were injured when a suicide car bomber targeted a NATO troop convoy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, the BBC reported.

The Defence Ministry in Sofia said that no Bulgarian troops had been injured in the attack.

The blast took place on the main road to the airport, close to the US embassy and the diplomatic quarter.

No Bulgarian military personnel has been affected by the suicide bombing that claimed the lives of at least three people near Kabul main airport on Sunday morning, the Defence Ministry in Sofia said in a statement.