here are some good photos…
 
ISAF Canadian troops are patrolling Kandahar, on the way to deliver donated school supplies to a local school
 
ISAF Dutch forces from Task Force Uruzgan conduct foot patrols
 
ISAF soldiers from 2nd Platoon, 3rd Battalion (Para), Royal Australian Regiment set up security during a foot patrol of the town of Tarin [...]

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SYDNEY, Jan 17 (KUNA) — The American general in charge of coalition forces in Iraq General David Petraeus said Australian forces had “helped enormously” in the training of Iraqi forces in Dhi Qar Province and Al Muthanna.
The general has paid a surprise visit to Australian troops serving in the south of the country.
General Petraeus flew [...]

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SYDNEY, Nov 23 (KUNA) — An Australian commando has been killed during an encounter with the Taliban in Afghanistan, it was announced here Friday.
Defense Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston confirmed 26-year-old Private Luke Worsley was shot dead 10 kilometers east of Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan Province earlier today.
No other Australian soldiers were injured, he [...]

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SERGEANT Matt Locke’s funeral will be held tomorrow and he deserves all the gratitude and recognition the nation can give him. Almost 4000 Australian servicemen and women are deployed across the world: in Iraq and Afghanistan, in East Timor and the Solomons, in the Sinai and elsewhere in the Middle East. Every one of them [...]

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Afghan and foreign forces killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents and wounded 20 in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, an Afghan provincial official said.
Afghan troops and their Western allies are engaged in daily battles with Taliban rebels who have revived their insurgency in the last two years, but have largely switched tactics to suicide and roadside [...]

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A vehicle carrying Australian troops in Iraq has been hit by a roadside bomb, but no one was hurt, the Defence Department says.
The improvised explosive device detonated this afternoon (AEST) during a patrol in southern Iraq, setting the Bushmaster vehicle on fire.
Defence spokesman Brigadier Andrew Nikolic said the soldiers on board secured the scene and [...]

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Australia suffered its first combat casualty in Afghanistan or Iraq on Monday since sending troops to the two countries after the September 11 attacks on the United States.
The Australian defense department said the soldier was one killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated next to their vehicle in Uruzgan province in [...]

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KABUL, Oct 3 (KUNA) — In a bid to root out poppies, the second big threat to peace after terrorism in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US-led coalition troops would provide logistical support to Afghan security forces, an official on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference, acting minister for Counter-Narcotics Gen. [...]

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TERRITORY solders have come under fire in Iraq.
Two men armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and machinegun attacked Darwin troops from the Overwatch Battle Group-West during a patrol in Dhi Qar Province.
No Australian soldiers were wounded in the weekend attack. The gunmen hit the bar-armour of an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) with a [...]

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Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu, Inc., today announced that the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has provided 5,000 hours of eye-in-the-sky surveillance and reconnaissance services to Australian Army forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“By working together as trusted partners with a common purpose, the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu Inc., are delivering [...]

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