Australia to send more troops to Afghanistan - Taliban kill Cleric in Afghanistan

Australia to send more troops to Afghanistan-
At this moment the Australians have one solder in Afghanistan but this is fixing to change. With the violence ratcheting up over there, the United States, Afghan Government and others have asked the Australians for help and they in turn, (as only a close friend will do,) have decided to send 150 of their Elite Troops to Afghanistan by this September. The Australian Defense Department might also consider sending up to 200 more troops to Afghanistan early next year. Read more at: ‘The Jerusalem Post’
Taliban kill Cleric in Afghanistan-
A senior pro-government cleric was shot to death by Taliban guerrillas in the southern province of Helmand earlier today and is the fourth such murder in the past six weeks...
Read more at: 'Alertnet.org'