Three elite Aussie troops wounded

Australian Special Forces soldiers have been injured in Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. Source: News Limited

A GROUP of elite Australian soldiers have been wounded during a successful mission that killed an insurgent commander.

Defence said three Australian Special Forces soldiers sustained "minor fragmentation wounds" during the operation in Oruzgan province last week.

In an operation led by the Afghan National Security Forces, enabled by the Special Operations Task Group, the soldiers were providing reinforcement to three ANSF security checkpoints in the Char Chineh region of the Shahid-e Hasas District that were under heavy, prolonged insurgent attack.

Defence said a number of insurgents were killed during the operation, including a mid-level commander responsible for supplying insurgents in the district with weapons and ammunition.

Local security forces successfully maintained security and regained control of the area.

Commanding Officer SOTG, Lieutenant Colonel M, praised the Australian soldiers for continuing the successful mission, despite their wounds.

"Coming under insurgent fire, with three of their Australian partners wounded, the ANSF demonstrated their effective capability and continued the mission," he said.

"As a result a number of insurgent fighters, including a mid-level commander, were killed, significantly reducing the capability of the insurgent fighting force attacking the ANSF checkpoints."

"The ANSF have proven themselves in a variety of combat situations. This mission was important as it reinforced ANSF checkpoints that have been under recent pressure from insurgent attacks. It has also disrupted the insurgent networks that are operating in this area, reducing their capability to target ANSF.

"At the time the entire force element was receiving heavy small arms fire, it was a situation that could have easily escalated."

Defence said the three wounded soldiers received immediate treatment from medical personnel at the incident site.

They returned to Multinational Base - Tarin Kot for follow up medical treatment when the mission was completed.

One of the soldiers was subsequently transferred to the International Security Assistance Force Role 3 Medical Facility in Kandahar for follow up treatment as an outpatient.

All soldiers were expected to return to full duties in the near future.

To date, 14 ADF personnel have been wounded in Afghanistan in 2013.

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