Albanian soldier back home from Afganistan, surprises his family

Published: Tuesday, 25 December 2018 12:59

66 Albanian soldiers, part of the first and third Infantry Battalion, returned from Kabul where they served for about 6 months in Afghanistan, in NATO Resolute Support Mission.

The effectives were welcomed at the airport by their family members, except for one of them. Sergeant Ervin Todo of the Poshnje Battalion, who chose to surprise his family. The surprise video was published in social networks by Defence Minister, Olta Xhaçka.

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Defence Minister Xhaçka receives NATO Deputy Secretary: we have increased by three times our presence in Afghanistan

Published: Friday, 14 December 2018 15:20

NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller announced from Tirana that the Alliance will invest 51 million euro in the Kuçova Airbase, meanwhile congratulating the engagement of the Albanian troops in NATO missions and welcomed the Albanian Government's decision to increase the Defence Spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.
At the Joint Press Conference, Olta Xhaçka emphasized the increasing by three times of Albanian troops in Afghanistan and welcomed the decision of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo to transform the Kosovo Security Force into the Kosovo Armed Forces.

 

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The Senior Course on Security and Defense Studies graduates, Xhaçka: Reflection on the security challenges of 21-st century

Published: Friday, 07 December 2018 16:15

Training and Doctrine Command successfully completed 10th Senior Course on Security and Defense Studies. Ten high rank military and one civilian from 9 different countries such as Albania, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Germany, Italy, Montenegro and the United Kingdom, attended for three months the course reserved to high rank military and civilians in the field of Security and Defence.

Defence Mınıster Olta Xhaçka, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku, Commander of TRADOC Brigadier General Bajram Begaj were present in the graduation ceremony of the participants.

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106th Anniversary of the Armed Forces, WOAF concert in “Scanderbeg” Square, Xhaçka: Military, a wonderful model to be followed

Published: Wednesday, 05 December 2018 13:56

On the occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Armed Forces, the Wind Orchestra of the Armed Forces (WOAF) brought a different atmosphere in "Scanderbeg" Square, decorated for the holiday season by the municipality of Tirana.

The WOAF played military marches, along with festive parts for the audience, among of which were Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka, Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj, Chief of Defence of the AF Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku and many citizens of the capital.
Minister Xhaçka congratulated Mr. Veliaj on his work carried out at the head of the Municipality of the Capital and praised the over one-century old contribution and dedication of the Armed Forces, as an example that must be followed.

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The 106th Anniversary of the Establishment of the AAF, Xhaçka: Soon in peacekeeping missions under the UN's umbrella

Published: Tuesday, 04 December 2018 13:17

In the 106th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Armed Forces, a contingent of 66 Albanian soldiers was escorted to “Resolute Support” NATO mission in Afghanistan.

The coming contingent consists of a company, which include two platoons from the Commando Battalion and a platoon from the 3rd Infantry Battalion of Poshnja.

Present at the departing ceremony were Defence Minister Olta Xhaçka, Chief of Defence of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollçaku, and Turkish Ambassador in Albania Murat Ahmet Yörük, Forces Commanders and family members of the effectives that departed in the mission.

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