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Article: Australian defense minister visits Afghanistan, Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 22, 2007
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Australian defense minister visits Afghanistan, Iraq
CANBERRA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Australian Defense Minister Brendan
Nelson has made secret visits to Afghanistan and Iraq, where he
visited Australian troops and met with leaders of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
He held talks with his Afghanistan's counterpart Abdul Raheem
Wardak in Kabul, before visiting Australian military personnel based
in Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan, Nelson said in a
statement issued on his official website Sunday.
Australia announced earlier this month to boost its troop numbers
in Uruzgan Province by 300 to help enhance provincial security by
disrupting Taliban extremists' command and control and supply ...