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This information agency Reuters.
According to Defense Minister Marisa Payne, the increase in the Australian contribution to the support mission is correct and timely.
She also stressed that the exact timeframe for sending Australian soldiers to Afghanistan will be announced in the coming weeks.
In turn, the commander of the Australian Defense Forces, Mark Binskin, specified that not combat units will go to Afghanistan, but military instructors. At the same time, they will train and train soldiers of the national armed forces.
At the moment, there are 270 Australian military advisers and special forces deployed in Afghanistan.
It should be noted that Australia is a loyal ally of the United States and has troops in Afghanistan since 2002.
Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", in Afghanistan in the province of Khost, an improvised device in a car near a football field near a military base. As a result of the accident, at least 14 people were killed.