’’ The goal is not to win the war.”
Interview of ‘Heti Válasz’ with Csaba Hende, Minister of Defence in an edited shortened version.
Second-Lieutenant Judit Ábrahám war heroine killed in action in Afghanistan on 23rd of August, was buried in her home village, Alacska, on Monday afternoon.
Mrs Judit Ábrahám Papp was 23 years old when she lost her life in Afghanistan on Monday. Posthumously the Army promoted her from the rank of Technical Sergeant to the rank of Lieutenant and classified her death as honourable.
In the presence of relatives and family members Lieutenant General Tibor Benkő bade farewell to the HDF 86th Air Mentor Team (AMT) in the Community Centre of the Szolnok Helicopter Base. The team consisting of 10 soldiers starts its service on 25th August 2010.
The HDF National Support Element Afghanistan (HDF NSE) deployed to Mazar-e Sharif received its four brand new, armoured Toyota Land Cruisers at Camp Marmal.
The training of the Afghan National Police in Pol-e-Khomri continued under the guidance of Hungarian police officers, who had been sent from the Ministry of Interior to the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL).
The ninth rotation of Hungarian Provincial Reconstruction Team (HDF PRT) to Afghanistan, the third HDF KFOR (Kosovo Force) contingent to Kosovo held their ceremonial farewell in Hódmezővásárhely on 5 August.
One of the Hungarian Provincial Reconstruction Team’s (HDF PRT) tasks is to safely maintain a heliport at Baghlan province.