The 'angels' who protect Australian soldiers in Afghanistan

Afghan security official inspects the site of a suicide bomb blast that targeted a NATO convoy near National Directorate of Security checkpoint, in Kabul. Source: AAP

Female Australian soldiers are playing an unprecedented role in Afghanistan as guardian angels in some of the most dangerous parts of Kabul. The men and women of Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, have been deployed to the capital city to protect Australian forces there.

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