SENATOR JOHN FAULKNER
Minister for Defence
Thursday, 12 November 2009
048/2009
VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
Yesterday I attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Tarin Kowt,
Afghanistan, while accompanying the Prime Minister on a visit to our combat
forces.
Members of the Australian Defence Force including the Mentoring and
Reconstruction Task Force and the Special Operations Task Group stationed
in Oruzgan province participated in the ceremony.
Since 2002, 11 Australians have died in the conduct of this mission.
Also attending the ceremony was the Commander of the International Security
Afghanistan Force (ISAF) General Stanley McChrystal.
Australia’s operations in Afghanistan are challenging and dangerous, and
today’s ceremony provided an opportunity to properly recognise the efforts of
the men and women deployed in this operation.
During the trip the Prime Minister and I discussed strategic changes to ISAF
operations with General McChrystal, and received briefings from senior
officers involved in the mission.
Media note: Imagery of the visit is available at:
ndex.htm
Media contacts:
Colin Campbell (John Faulkner):
02 6277 7800 or 0407 787 181
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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