Australian troops in Afghanistan will join their US allies later this year in withdrawing from the country, almost 20 years after the war started. Gympie soldier Corporal Ashley Birt was on deployment in Afghanistan almost 10 years ago when he was shot and killed by a rogue Afghan National Army soldier the Australians had been mentoring. The 22-year-old was one of 41 Australian soldiers to die in the 20-year conflict, a conflict Ash s mother Linda this week described as the most useless war in history . I think it s a wonderful idea, Linda Birt said of Prime Minister Scott Morrison s decision to withdraw Aussie troops.
Australian troops in Afghanistan will join their US allies later this year in withdrawing from the country, almost 20 years after the war started. Gympie soldier Corporal Ashley Birt was on deployment in Afghanistan almost 10 years ago when he was shot and killed by a rogue Afghan National Army soldier the Australians had been mentoring. The 22-year-old was one of 41 Australian soldiers to die in the 20-year conflict, a conflict Ash s mother Linda this week described as the most useless war in history . I think it s a wonderful idea, Linda Birt said of Prime Minister Scott Morrison s decision to withdraw Aussie troops.
Australian troops in Afghanistan will join their US allies later this year in withdrawing from the country, almost 20 years after the war started. Gympie soldier Corporal Ashley Birt was on deployment in Afghanistan almost 10 years ago when he was shot and killed by a rogue Afghan National Army soldier the Australians had been mentoring. The 22-year-old was one of 41 Australian soldiers to die in the 20-year conflict, a conflict Ash s mother Linda this week described as the most useless war in history . I think it s a wonderful idea, Linda Birt said of Prime Minister Scott Morrison s decision to withdraw Aussie troops.
Australian troops in Afghanistan will join their US allies later this year in withdrawing from the country, almost 20 years after the war started. Gympie soldier Corporal Ashley Birt was on deployment in Afghanistan almost 10 years ago when he was shot and killed by a rogue Afghan National Army soldier the Australians had been mentoring. The 22-year-old was one of 41 Australian soldiers to die in the 20-year conflict, a conflict Ash s mother Linda this week described as the most useless war in history . I think it s a wonderful idea, Linda Birt said of Prime Minister Scott Morrison s decision to withdraw Aussie troops.
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