Bulgarian Armed Forces
Deployments
Both during Communist rule and after, Bulgaria has deployed troops with different tasks in various countries. The table below lists Bulgarian military deployments in foreign countries.

Bulgarian Armed Forces

Section Title: Deployments
Table Section Text: Both during Communist rule and after, Bulgaria has deployed troops with different tasks in various countries. The table below lists Bulgarian military deployments in foreign countries.

Country	Operation	Organization	Timespan	Personnel	Casualties

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	–	People's Republic of Bulgaria	?	a total of 9,000 military and non-military advisors	–

Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Revolution	People's Republic of Bulgaria	1980s	unknown number of military instructors	–

Iraq	Gulf War	UN	1991	270	–

Cambodia	peacekeeping	UNTAC	1992–1993	850 troops 34 military observers	11

Angola	military observation	UNOMA	1995–2000	48 military observers	–

Tajikistan	military observation	UNMOT	1995–2000	27 military observers	–

Bosnia and Herzegovina	peacekeeping (EUFOR Althea)	SFOR / EUFOR	1997–present	140

Croatia	demining	OSCE	1999–2001	unknown	–

Ethiopia / Eritrea	peacekeeping	UNMEE	2001–2004	11 military observers	–

Kosovo	construction / peacekeeping	UNMIK and KFOR	2000–present	10	–

Republic of Macedonia	humanitarian (construction of field kitchens and a hospital)	–	1999–2003	?	–

Afghanistan	internal security / anti-terrorist	ISAF	2001–present	383

Liberia	peacekeeping	UNMIL	2003–present	2

Iraq	Iraq War	Multi-National Force – Iraq	2003–2008	485	13

Georgia	peacekeeping	European Union Monitoring Mission	2008–present	12

Iraq	training mission	NATO Training Mission – Iraq	2009–December 2011

Libya	Operation Unified Protector	–	27 April 2011 – 3 June 2011	160 military observers, including a group of 12 naval special commandos with the frigate Drazki	–

Somalia	anti-piracy	ATALANTA/Ocean Shield	2012–present	3	–

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