The end of the war

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has used a surprise visit to Afghanistan to declare the end of Australia's longest war.

Speaking at a special ceremony at the Australian-run base in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province, Mr Abbott told a gathering of Australian and international troops and Afghan leaders that the Afghanistan war is complicated.

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Defence Minister David Johnston backs censored report

The victims' families called for a coronial inquest into the incident following the release of a highly-censored Australian Defence Force (ADF) report into the deaths last month.

But Defence Minister David Johnston said such reports should remain "virtually unintelligible" to protect personnel still in Afghanistan. SBS