Australian soldier dies in combat
From Times Wire Reports
A roadside bomb killed an Australian soldier, the first combat death in that nation’s military contingent, the country’s government said.
Australia has about 1,000 soldiers in Afghanistan.
In other violence, the U.S.-led coalition said that airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 16 militants who were fighting under a warlord.
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