Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces The Baku N unit is the primary peacekeeping unit of the Azerbaijani Land Forces . The Army ' s peacekeeping detachment was formed in 1997 and was later transformed into a battalion . Soldiers are carefully selected for the Baku N unit . The unit is trained intensively on tactical preparation , sports , foreign languages , contacts with local residents and other subjects . After six months of training , members are sent to join peacekeeping operations . Since September 1999 Azerbaijani servicemen acted within the NATO / U . S . - led Coalition intervention forces in Kosovo , Afghanistan and Iraq . Azerbaijan also floated the idea of creating peacekeeping units to be deployed in separatist conflict areas of GUAM countries . Kosovo . The Azeri peacekeeping unit in Kosovo ( 1 officer , 1 sergeant and 32 soldiers ) carried service from September , 1999 within the Turkish battalion . The Azerbaijanis oversaw eighteen settlements in the area . On February 26 , 2008 , as Kosovo parliament declared independence , Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed the National Assembly on behalf of withdrawal of Azeri peacekeepers from Kosovo . The address was considered at Assembly session on March 4 , 2008 and accepted with eighty seven votes placet , three contra and two abstained . On April 15 of the same year the platoon returned to Azerbaijan . Overall about 400 Azeri servicemen have administered peacekeeping in Kosovo . Iraq . Azeri servicemen were deployed to Iraq as part of Combined Joint Task Force 7 from 2003 . The peacekeeping unit consisted of 14 officers , 16 sergeants and 120 privates , who secured the hydroelectric power station and reservoir in Haditha from August 2003 . One company of Azerbaijani peacekeepers commanded by Captain Nasimi Javadov guarded the area of Haditha Dam , which is one of the principal sources of electricity in Iraq . An Azeri delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Defense visited the Hadithah Dam at the invitation of the U . S . Marine Corps officials . During the Iraq peacekeeping one Azeri serviceman ( Rafael Agayev ) died . He had served in Iraq for one year and on June 27 , 2008 Agayev ' s body was sent to homeland , where he was buried in his native village . From 2004 the company became part of the USMC led Multi - National Forces West . Ilham Aliyev ’ s address to recall the Azeri peacekeepers in Iraq was accepted at the plenary session of National Assembly by eighty six votes placet and one contra . Four Azeri officers in Iraq ( Maj . Huseyn Dashdamirov , Capt . Nasimi Javadov , Capt . Alizamin Karimov and Sr . Lt . Abdulla Abdullayev ) have been awarded the US Navy and Marines Corps Achievement Medal . Afghanistan . Azerbaijan joined with platoon to International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) consisting of 21 soldiers , one officer and one NCO in November 2002 with the aim of contributing to provision of peace , security and order in Afghanistan . The Azeri platoon commanded by First Lieutenant Shamil Mammadov performed patrolling duties in the populated district of southern Kabul . On October 2 , 2008 the National Assembly passed a decision to send 45 more peacekeepers to Afghanistan . In an interview to Azeri Press Agency Brigadier - General Richard Blanchette said : " As the spokesperson for ISAF on behalf of General McKiernan , the Commander of ISAF , I thank your country , your soldiers , and the families of your soldiers , for their contribution to this vital mission " .