Operation Slipper
Australia's involvement in the war in Afghanistan was part of the so-called Operation Slipper. The Australian Defence Force designated thus inserts the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Army in Afghanistan and the Royal Australian Navy in the Persian Gulf, is part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom States are.
Use
Until June 22, 2013 40 soldiers of the Australian Defence Force have died in Afghanistan.
Some military operations with Australian participation are:
- Operation Anaconda, March 1 - March 18, 2002
- Operation Perth, July 2006
- Battle of Chora, June 15 - June 19, 2007
- Battle of Kakarak 12 April, 2009
- Shah Wali Kot Offensive, June 10 - June 14, 2010
- Battle of Derapet 24 August, 2010
History
The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard left after the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 lay among others, two tanker aircraft to Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. In Afghanistan itself, the United States conducted by the Camp Rhino, a Special Forces Task Force was stationed until the withdrawal in December 2002 and again from September 2005 to September 2006.
A member of the Australian Army was used in the UNAMA from April 2003 to June 2004 under the name Operation Palate and two soldiers from June 2005 to mid-2007 as Operation Palate II
The Cabinet Howard decided to form a Reconstruction Task Forces and to lay them in the province of Uruzgan, where she was with the Dutch and soldiers from France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and the United States in use in August 2006. The 420 -strong task force operated under the mandate of ISAF and consisted of pioneer troops, officers, logisticians, communications specialists and combat troops, equipped with Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle, and other vehicles. The operational area included the towns and around Tarin Kut and Chora. Larger field camps were Kamp Holland and Camp Russell. The Australian soldiers built the hospital in Tarin Kut on again, other buildings, roads and bridges were repaired.
In April 2007, a 300 -strong Special Operations Task Group was moved to Uruzgan for reinforcement.
The government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd decided in October 2008, the Reconstruction Task Forces through the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Forces ( MRTF ) to replace, so as to take on the additional task of promoting the 4th Brigade of the Afghan National Army. The first MRTF consisted of about 440 people.
In support of the Afghanistan policy of Barack Obama Rudd announced on 30 April 2009 to send additional 450 people to Afghanistan. Thus, a total of 1550 Australians are stationed in Afghanistan. Part of the additional staff consists of members of the Australian Federal Police to train the police in the province of Uruzgan. Another part is a 120 -strong Election Support Force, which was specially laid for the election of Afghan President in July 2009 after Uruzgan and two additional Operational Mentor and Liaison Teams of about 100 people.
The purpose of the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Forces was organized in February 2010 by the Cabinet Rudd on the promotion of the Afghan army in Uruzgan province strengthened and so the name of the Task Force was changed to Mentoring Task Force. The new task is to implement the new strategy of the ISAF Commander Stanley McChrystal A., the so-called " partnering ". Here go Afghan soldiers and ISAF soldiers on patrol together.
After the Dutch the beginning of 2010 announced its withdrawal from the province of Uruzgan, the Rudd government, no additional troops to Afghanistan in April 2010 decided to relocate.
Costs
The budget 2010-2011 Australia for the war in Afghanistan is 915.6 million AU $. In addition, 487.1 million AU $ will be invested to improve the armament of the soldiers in Afghanistan.