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Rudd in surprise visit to troops

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Kabul : Afghanistan | 11 months ago

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Minister Kevin Rudd has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to wish Australian troops a merry Christmas and to reassure them they are being thought of back home. "We haven't forgotten, we know what's going on here," he told a gathering of troops at the Tarin Kowt base, in the volatile Oruzgan...

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