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Talk:Operation Enduring Freedom (view source)
Revision as of 01:11, November 20, 2007
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What is Australia doing there? So far as I am aware it is not part of NATO and nor is it a part of the US. --[[User:Gridley|Gridley]] 17:31, 19 November 2007 (EST)
What is Australia doing there? So far as I am aware it is not part of NATO and nor is it a part of the US. --[[User:Gridley|Gridley]] 17:31, 19 November 2007 (EST)
:Australia is not a part of NATO but it is a NATO ally. They share intelligence with NATO and work with NATO on some operations along with working bilaterally with the U.S.. In Afghanistan, Australia is just one of more then six non NATO nations to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom (under the ISAF, International Security Assistance Force). As of March 2007, they had about 400 troops based in the Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan. Those forces are mostly involved in training of the locals and reconstruction.--[[User:Tash|Tash]] 19:35, 19 November 2007 (EST)
:Australia is not a part of NATO but it is a NATO ally. They share intelligence with NATO and work with NATO on some operations along with working bilaterally with the U.S.. In Afghanistan, Australia is just one of more then six non NATO nations to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom (under the ISAF, International Security Assistance Force). As of March 2007, they had about 400 troops based in the Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan. Those forces are mostly involved in training of the locals and reconstruction.--[[User:Tash|Tash]] 19:35, 19 November 2007 (EST)
::The article does not appear to make reference to those six (or so) other nations. It appears to indicate that it is the US and NATO involved (which is a tautology, isn't it? The US is a part of NATO). Wouldn't it be more accurate to state that the ISAF (consisting of NATO and various others) continues the fight. I note also that Australia [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/25/2070673.htm recently lost an SAS soldier] in Afghanistan. I guess it's not all training and reconstruction. --[[User:Gridley|Gridley]] 20:11, 19 November 2007 (EST)