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NZ announces timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq

Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq
Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq Source: AAP

New Zealand is to remove all of its troops from Iraq by June 2020, bringing an end to their contribution towards the training of Iraq's defence forces.


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By Bethan Smoleniec

Source: SBS


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New Zealand is to remove all of its troops from Iraq by June 2020, bringing an end to their contribution towards the training of Iraq's defence forces.



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