Georgia should seek to increase its role in the NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Wednesday.

There are currently some 1,000 Georgian servicemen in Afghanistan.

"Georgia has a direct interest in the success of the Afghan operation and in putting a halt to terrorism once and for all," Saakashvili said, adding that Georgia's military could learn a lot from the "school" of Afghan warfare.

He said this experience could come in valuable in any future conflicts, citing the 2008 war with Russia as an example of "aggression" against the South Caucasus state.

Long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia turned violent during a five-day war in August 2008, when Tbilisi attacked South Ossetia, where most residents are Russian passport holders, in an attempt to bring it back under central control.

TBILISI, July 28 (RIA Novosti)