Aussie troops under fire in Afghanistan

Just two days after an Australian soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Australian forces have come under attack again.

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This time a rocket was fired at the base at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, from where our Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton, who is embedded with Australian forces there, reports.

No one was harmed in the incident.


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