Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Private Tomas Dale, 21, and Private Grant Kirby, 35, died in a roadside bombing while on patrol in the Baluchi Valley last week. The men, attached to the 1st Mentoring Taskforce, were outside their Bushmaster armoured vehicle at the time of the blast.
Scoop
Commander Joint Task Force 633, Major General John Cantwell, said the two soldiers were fondly remembered by their mates during the service not just as highly regarded soldiers but as brothers to them all. The service highlighted just how close-knit...
Sydney Morning Herald
A 28-year-old lance corporal, from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, was killed during an intense fire fight with Taliban insurgents in the western part of Oruzgan province overnight. Private Grant Kirby, 35, and Private Thomas Dale, 21 -...
Sydney Morning Herald
A 28-year-old lance corporal was killed in a fierce firefight overnight, becoming the 21st Australian soldier killed in the country since 2001. Senator Faulkner said he very much supported parliamentary debate and also community debate and discussion...
The Age
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to give details at 9am on Wednesday concerning another incident involving Australian troops overnight. Mr Wilkie, who is likely to win the seat of Denison in Tasmania, has joined the Australian Greens in calling...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The ADF is currently notifying the next of kin of soldiers from the 'mentoring taskforce' in Afghanistan. A spokeswoman says the ADF is trying to find out more information. The incident comes after two Australians were killed by a roadside bomb in...
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Greens made the accusation follow news of an incident involving Australian troops in Afghanistan overnight...The Greens, who want Australia to withdraw its troops from the war, say it is time for a national debate on Australia's...
Sydney Morning Herald
An ADF spokeswoman said more details would be released as they became available. The incident comes after Brisbane-based privates Grant Kirby and Tomas Dale died when an explosive hit their Bushmaster vehicle in Oruzgan Province on Friday.
Sydney Morning Herald
It is not known whether the incident was fatal or not. "The ADF is consolidating information from the area and will announce further details when the facts are available," a spokeswoman said.
The Frontier Post
Roadside bomb explosions killed two soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) and wounded three more during the past 24 hours in Ghazni, Kandahar and Helmand province, defence ministry said Tuesday. A press release issued by the defence ministry said...
The Frontier Post
An officer among three cops were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion today's morning in Chaparhar district of eastern Ningarhar province, a tribal elder said Tuesday. The incident happened in Daulatzai area when a mine struck a police vehicle near...