Azerbaijan has sent to Afghanistan an additional two platoons of peacekeepers.

Azerbaijan has sent to Afghanistan more peacekeeping forces: the two platoons totaling 45 people. That was reported by ANS-PRESS.
In Afghanistan there are two platoons of Azerbaijani peacekeepers (47). They are part of the Turkish battalion.
The decision to increase the number of the Parliament of Azerbaijan adopted in October 2008.
Earlier, Azerbaijani peacekeepers have been deployed in Kosovo. However, after the region declared independence from Serbia (this step in Baku called illegal), the Azeri troops had been withdrawn from Kosovo.