The Greens have urged the major political parties to hold a debate over the withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan following the death of two soldiers on Monday.
Greens leader Bob Brown says Australia's combat troops should be brought home from Afghanistan and he believes the majority of Australians agree.
"We need a debate on this issue," Senator Brown told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday.
"I'll be moving next week when parliament resumes for a full, far-ranging, decisive debate about the deployment of Australians in Afghanistan."
A memorial service has been held for the two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, as the bodies of the diggers are to begin their journey home.
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ABC journalist Chris Masters says there were tears at the service at the main Australian base in Tarin Kowt , attended by 200 people.
Masters is embedded with the forces and slept in the same tent as the two victims, sappers Darren Smith and Jacob Moerland.
The pair was returning from a foot patrol looking for weapons in the Mirabad Valley when a roadside bomb exploded, killing them and their bomb sniffer dog Herbie, in the bloodiest day for Australian troops since the Vietnam War.
The bodies of the Brisbane-based soldiers will begin their long journey home today.
