YaY! OZschwitz soldier killed during Rudd's surprise visit to Afghanistan

AN AUSTRALIAN citizen fighting with British troops in Afghanistan has been killed in a gun battle during a surprise visit to the war-torn country by Kevin Rudd.

The day after the Prime Minister told Australian troops in Afghanistan that he had been to too many soldiers' funerals, the unnamed soldier was killed fighting with Britain's 1st Battalion in Helmand province, a volatile area in the south.

A British Ministry of Defence spokesman said the soldier was taking part in an operation against enemy forces in the district of Nad-e-Ali.

The soldier was given immediate first aid and was evacuated by helicopter but later died.

The soldier is the 134th British serviceman to die in Afghanistan since October 2001. Sixteen diggers from Townsville are on secondment to the British fight in Helmand.

Mr Rudd expressed sadness at the death and said it was a reminder of the "extreme danger' which all those in the field faced.

"Any death in Afghanistan in support of the cause for which we are fighting there has to be honoured," he said yesterday.

"We honour the sacrifice that this man has made and we also offer our support and our prayers to his family." Vomit

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YaY! OZschwitz soldier killed during Rudd's surprise visit to Afghanistan

YaY! OZschwitz soldier killed during Rudd's surprise visit to Afghanistan

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