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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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the-ground mentoring in a ‘train, advise and assist’ role. “Coalition troops conducting this role were withdrawn over the last few months. “What happened the last few weeks shows how important that ‘advise and assist’ role was in bolstering the ANSF and keeping the Taliban at bay.” Continued on page 24...
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President of the Kingscliff RSL sub-branch, retired Colonel Russell Maddalena, spoke to The Weekly after the Taliban recaptured Kabul only days after American forces withdrew. “A lot of veterans are rightfully feeling sad, disappointed, confused and betrayed from watching the events of the last week in
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