The Macedonian soldiers being part of the peacekeeping ISAF mission participated Wednesday in one of the most perilous operations defending the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, which got under attack from the Taliban. The assault of the Taliban hardliners was responded to, largely by the Macedonian armed forces, none of whom fortunately was injured in the shootout.

President Gjorge Ivanov talked on the phone with the commander of the Macedonian military mission in Afghanistan and informed himself firsthand about the situation of the Macedonian peacekeepers in Afghanistan in the wake of the serious armed attack in the proximity of the Command of the international ISAF Mission and the Embassy of the United States of America in the capital of Kabul.