Australian soldier killed in AfghanistanAn Australian soldier was killed and two others were slightly injured in an operation against Taliban insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. in Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Force  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. said Thursday. The soldiers were carrying out an offensive operation on foot in southern Uruzgan province when hit by an improvised explosive device Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., IED explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy , said vice chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General David Hurley David Hurley is a countertenor in the King's Singers, an a cappella vocal group. Born in 1962, he started singing in 1970 when he won a place in the Winchester Cathedral Choir. His voice dropped to countertenor at age 13. . "Today our nation mourns the loss of a fine soldier," he told reporters, adding that no more information would be released because it could jeopardise the safety of other soldiers. The soldier is the seventh Australian to have been killed in Afghanistan, where Canberra has about 1,000 troops, up to 300 of whom are special forces stationed in Uruzgan province. Nine Australian soldiers were injured in September in an ambush in Uruzgan -- the worst casualty toll suffered by the Australian Defence Force in combat since the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . A total of about 70,000 international troops are in Afghanistan helping the government fight the rebels. 
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