text: Australia commits more troops to Afghanistan
  
  July 14, 2005 
  
  Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that 150 SAS personnel will be serving in Afghanistan within two months, and a further 200 troops will follow them by early next year. According to Mr Howard the decision is the result of a request from the United States and others. 
  Opposition leader Kim Beazley has said that Labor supported the plan. Mr Beazley has been critical of the government in recent weeks because of its military focus on Iraq rather than Afghanistan, which he says is the source of the terrorist threat. 
  Beazley offered that it has been "obvious for some time that the job was only partially completed when the commitment was made earlier."
tokens: Australia commits more troops to Afghanistan July 14 , 2005 Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that 150 SAS personnel will be serving in Afghanistan within two months , and a further 200 troops will follow them by early next year . According to Mr Howard the decision is the result of a request from the United States and others . Opposition leader Kim Beazley has said that Labor supported the plan . Mr Beazley has been critical of the government in recent weeks because of its military focus on Iraq rather than Afghanistan , which he says is the source of the terrorist threat . Beazley offered that it has been " obvious for some time that the job was only partially completed when the commitment was made earlier . "
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