By KUNA,
Sydney : Taliban militants have killed an Australian soldier and wounded four others in an armed clash in Afghanistan, a senior military official said on Monday.
Defence Force head Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston said in a statement that the 27-year-old soldier lost his life in a fierce clash with the militants that involved automatic guns, rockets and hand-grenades. Four Australian soldiers were also wounded in the firefight that broke out while the force was on a patrol mission.
Three Australian soldiers serving in Afghanistan were killed in identical circumstances last year.
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