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MSPA 514/10
Wednesday, 03 November 2010
Defence review following Afghan and Australian soldiers
involvement in a series of contacts in the Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan
On 2 November a dismounted patrol made up of Afghan National Army and
Australian Mentoring Task Force soldiers was involved in a series of small arms fire
exchanges with insurgents in the Baluchi Valley region, Afghanistan.
Following the engagements several locals approached Afghan and Australian soldiers
carrying the body of a male claiming that he had been killed by small arms fire.
Defence has begun an internal review of the engagement to determine the facts.
No more information on the claim will be available until the internal review is
completed.
One Afghan soldier and an insurgent were wounded in an initial exchange and were
evacuated to the Role 2 medical facility at Multi National Base Camp – Tarin Kot
(MNBC-TK).
The dismounted patrol was engaged again following the medical evacuation, resulting
in the wounding of another insurgent.
The second wounded insurgent was also aero-medically evacuated to a military
hospital at Tarin Kot.
No Australian soldiers were wounded in the attacks.
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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