'Part of their heart fell out': what Trump's war strategy means for Australia

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated August 23 2017 - 9:03am, first published 8:58am
NEWS: Series on Men and Woman suffering PTSD. Chris May . .31st October 2013... Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times.
NEWS: Series on Men and Woman suffering PTSD. Chris May . .31st October 2013... Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times.
US Secretary of Defence James Mattis and US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson meeting Julie Bishop and Marise Payne at Government House, Sydney.
Pictured is  Marise Payne
5th June 2017.
Photo: Steven Siewert
US Secretary of Defence James Mattis and US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson meeting Julie Bishop and Marise Payne at Government House, Sydney. Pictured is Marise Payne 5th June 2017. Photo: Steven Siewert

The United States is expected to ask Australia to commit more troops to Afghanistan and Defence Minister Marise Payne has not ruled out returning to a combat role as part of a renewed strategy to beat back a resurgent Taliban.

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