September 23, Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard Maj Gen Jessica Wright sent a letter to the Chief of Defence of Lithuania Maj Gen Arvydas Pocius and Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė in which she wishes quick recovery for the Lithuanian troops injured in and incident in Afghanistan.
„Please accept my concern and prayers for your 2 soldiers wounded this day in Afghanistan. The entire PA National Guard wishes them well and total recovery," the letter says.
Lithuanian soldiers serving in the 11th shift of the Lithuanian-led Chaghcharan Provincial Reconstruction Team were shot in an incident in the provincial capital Chaghcharan on September 23. At the moment both of them receive treatment after surgeries at Mazar-i Sharif military hospital.
