A company from the II brigade’s 23rd battalion will depart to Afghanistan to join the NATO-led operations on November 16, the Georgian Defense Ministry said.

The company will serve under the French command. France has more than 3,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan, mainly north of Kabul in the Kapisa and Surobi areas.

Georgia will increase number of its troops next year when it plans to send a battalion under the U.S. command. Bacho Akhalaia, the Georgian defense minister, said after the increase total number of Georgia troops in Afghanistan will be up to 800.