Fed: More Aussie troops for Afghanistan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2009
Fed: More Aussie troops for Afghanistan

Australia's sending more than 200 extra troops to Afghanistan.

Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD says we've currently got about 11 hundred troops in the war-torn
nation .. most operating in the dangerous Oruzgan province in the country's south-central
region.

And he says the extra troops will help with training .. because security in Afghanistan
is deteriorating.

Mr RUDD says Australia has an enduring obligation to the United States under the ANZUS Treaty.

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