By KUNA
Sydney : An Australian commando has been killed during an encounter with the Taliban in Afghanistan, it was announced here Friday.
Defense Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston confirmed 26-year-old Private Luke Worsley was shot dead 10 kilometers east of Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan Province earlier today.
No other Australian soldiers were injured, he said.
Private Worsley, a member of the Special Operations Task Group, was participating in a planned attack by Australian forces against the Taliban.
The private was on his second tour of duty to Afghanistan and had served in East Timor. He qualified as a commando in 2004.
Two other Australians were killed in Afghanistan this year; Trooper David Pearce and SAS Sergeant Matthew Locke.
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