Slovakia's armed forces are withdrawing their military material from Afghanistan in piecemeal fashion amidst the planned end of the ISAF mission by the end of this year.
Last year, some 600 tonnes of military material was already brought back to Slovakia. This year it’s been 83 tonnes so far, with another 190 tonnes scheduled to return to Slovakia by the end of this year. The armed forces are primarily using NATO’'s programme Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) to transport the material. The last tour of duty of Slovak troops set off for Afghanistan in June.
Zuzana Botiková
