CANBERRA, April 29 (Reuters) - Australia will send an extra 330 soldiers to Afghanistan, answering a call from close ally the United States for more troops to combat Taliban militants, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday. The troops and a small number of police would help train Afghan security forces and secure coming elections, Rudd said. They would bring Australia's military contingent in the country to around 1,550, making it the largest contributer outside NATO. (Reporting by Rob Taylor; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
Afghan men remove destroyed furniture from the governor's compound after an attack by suicide bombers in Kandahar province April 25, 2009. Three suicide bombers struck the governor's compound of Afghanistan's southern ...
