DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 037/10
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Three road-side bomb attacks wound two Australian soldiers
Taliban insurgents have targeted Australian forces in three separate road-side bomb
attacks in the one day.
Two Australian soldiers operating in southern Afghanistan were wounded in separate
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosions on Friday, 12 February 2010.
The first incident involved a soldier conducting a patrol consisting of members of
both the 2nd Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF – 2) and the 1st
Mentoring Task Force (MTF- 1) east of Tarin Kowt when an IED detonated. The
soldier, from the Brisbane-based MTF – 1 suffered minor wounds.
In a second incident, involving soldiers from Townsville-based MRTF – 2, a
dismounted patrol was targeted with an IED. One soldier was wounded in this
incident and he was aero-medically evacuated to the ISAF medical facility in Tarin
Kowt and then transferred to a US medical facility at Bagram Airbase.
The soldier’s family has been contacted. A medical assessment continues, and while
his wounds are considered serious they are not life threatening.
In a third incident, a patrol of MRTF-2 soldiers was again targeted with an IED. The
device activated but there were no casualties.
All three strikes occurred in the Mirabad Valley region, an area where Australian and
Afghan National Security Forces have established a firm presence and have continued
to successfully press the Taliban insurgents in order to provide security for the local
people.
The 730 members of MRTF-2 have commenced the transfer of responsibility for their
security, mentoring and reconstruction activities to the Brisbane-based Mentoring
Task Force (MTF-1).
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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