{"id":1813,"date":"2016-10-19T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2016-10-19T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:27:45","slug":"australia-asked-to-send-helicopters-and-150-troops-back-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"Australia asked to send helicopters and 150 troops back to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian ABC<\/p>\n

\u00a0Australia has been asked to send 150 troops and helicopter gunships back to southern Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Uruzgan province governor Mohammad Nazir made the appeal during a frank meeting with Australian ambassador Richard Feakes and his counterpart from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The meeting was held last month after the provincial capital Tarin Kowt almost fell under Taliban control<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the ABC, Mr Nazir said Australian personnel could provide invaluable support to Afghan forces.<\/p>\n

“We don’t have a lot of stuff like helicopters to support by air strike.”<\/p>\n

“It will help our army in the field, the air support is very important for our army.”<\/p>\n

Australia has ‘shared enemies’ with Afghanistan: Governor<\/h2>\n

Forty-one Australian troops died in operations in and around Uruzgan before the decade-long mission ended in 2013.<\/p>\n

Three hundred Australian personnel remain in Afghanistan, but mainly in Kabul, in training roles.<\/p>\n

By some accounts, the Taliban controls more territory now than at any time since it was removed from power by the US military in 2001.<\/p>\n

The militants’ big objective for 2016 is to capture a provincial capital.<\/p>\n

On September 7, they came for Tarin Kowt.<\/p>\n

Mr Nazir said the militants snuck into the city with the support of Afghan police.<\/p>\n

By his estimation, more than 70 civilians were killed or injured during the fight.<\/p>\n

“Fighting was going around the city and sometimes the bullets from many different guns were coming and hitting those civilians,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They didn’t know, they were walking around and going to do daily work.”<\/p>\n

Mr Nazir insists Australia still has a national interest in helping Afghan forces overcome the Taliban threat.<\/p>\n

Key points:<\/h2>\n
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  • The Taliban attacked Tarin Kowt in September<\/li>\n
  • 300 Australian soldiers remain in Afghanistan, but mainly in Kabul in training roles<\/li>\n
  • Uruzgan Governor Mohammad Nazir says Australian troops could provide invaluable support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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