KABUL: A Georgian soldier posted in Afghanistan was killed and another wounded when their patrol came under attack by the Taliban, their government said Wednesday.

Private First Class Vasil Kulijanishvili, 21, “died Tuesday in a clash that took place while on patrol” at the Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told a cabinet meeting before ministers observed a moment of silence. His death takes the total number of foreign troops killed since NATO formally ended its combat operations in Afghanistan to six. Another Georgian national was wounded in the clash, which the Taliban claimed via their recognised Twitter account.

“His condition is stable,” Gabribashvili said of the second soldier. Some 885 Georgian soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan, making the country the second-largest contributor after the United States to the 12,500-strong NATO-led Resolute Support mission. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgents carried out a rocket attack on the facility, NATO’s largest base in the country, on Tuesday evening.