Abbott Visits Afghanistan to Mark End of Australian Mission
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited Afghanistan to mark the end of Australia’s longest military commitment in a war.
The mission in the southern province of Uruzgan is drawing down and 1,000 Australian troops currently serving in Afghanistan will have returned home by the end of the year, Abbott said in a ceremony. Forty Australians have been killed in the conflict and another 260 wounded, according to the Department of Defense.