Taliban extremists operating against Australian and coalition forces continue to suffer significant setbacks with the discovery and destruction of two weapon caches by Australian soldiers in Uruzgan province.
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Soldier’s best friend. An Explosive Ordnance Detection dog and handler cross a stream during a Special Operations Task Group mission in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group on a mission in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Searching. A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group searches for possible caches in a village in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Searching. A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group searches for possible caches in a village in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Local and International. A member of the Uruzgan Provincial Police Reserve works with a soldier from the Special Operations Task Group during the search phase of the operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group with local children and an Afghan Provincial Police Reserve commander during a mission in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Found. Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group document the contents of an improvised explosive device cache found during an operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Scoping. Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group use their rifle scopes to investigate the surrounding mountains during an operation in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Early warning. A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group keeps watch from the roof of a quala during a patrol in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Hard country. Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Patrol. Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group move into a mountain village during a mission in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Threat removed. Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group begin to document the contents of one of several weapons and improvised explosive device caches seized during the operation.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Threat removed. A Special Operations Task Group soldier documents the contents of a weapons and improvised explosive device cache found during a sweep in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group and members of the Uruzgan Provincial Police Reserve take a break following the cache seizure and destruction operation.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Afghan Provincial Police. Members of the Uruzgan Provincial Police Reserve Company during a joint patrol with Australian Special Forces in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Workhorse of the desert. A CH-47 Chinook arrives in a storm of dust and signal smoke to pick up Australian Special Forces and Afghan Provincial Police following a mission in southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Opium resin seized during the operation in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Some of the explosive ordnance seized during the operation in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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A rocket-propelled grenade launcher and assault rifle seized during the operation in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Some of the arms and ammunition seized during the operation in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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The assembled contents of one of several arms, ammunition and improvised explosive device caches seized during the operation in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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