February 27, 2009 - 20:19 AMT
Azerbaijan sent two additional peacemaker platoons to Afghanistan
Azerbaijan sent two additional peacemaker platoons to Afghanistan, total number 45 persons.
Two Azerbaijani peacemaker platoons(47 persons), included in the Turkish battalion, are already located in Afghanistan.

In October 2008, the Parliament of Azerbaijan made a decision on reinforcement increase, ANS-PRESS reported.

Earlier the Azerbaijani peacemakers were settled in Kosovo. Yet, after the region has declared its independence from Serbia (which was dubbed as illegal by Baku) the Azerbaijani military were recalled from Kosovo.