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| Australian Army Officer training Iraqi troops |
WELLINGTON, June 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand and Australian forces will soon have trained 7,000 Iraqi troops in the fight against Islamic State (Daesh) insurgents, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said Thursday.
The joint Building Partner Capacity Mission, based at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, helped the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) build the combat power necessary to sustain operations against Daesh, Major General Tim Gall, Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, said in a statement.
"It has been encouraging to see that our training efforts are paying off. Early this year, some of the Iraqi soldiers we trained were involved in the successful counter-offensive operation in Ramadi," said Gall.
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