AUSTRALIA'S darkest day of military horror in almost half a century began in an Afghanistan valley of contrasting terrains, late on Wednesday night local time.
Amid the harsh and rugged mountains lining either side of the green zone agricultural lands in the Baluchi Valley, a group of Australian soldiers sat around under night skies at their home away from home.
It was about 10.30pm, the end of another day at the Wahid Patrol Base about 20km north of the main Australian base at Tarin Kowt, in the country's Oruzgan province.
The mood was relaxed, Acting Australian Defence Force Chief Air Marshal Mark Binskin said yesterday.
The Diggers were talking, sharing stories, doing what mates do, when a man "wearing an Afghan National Army uniform", thought to be an ally, went rogue.
The Afghan opened fire at close range with an automatic weapon on five Australians with a "burst" of bullets.
Colleagues rushed to the three most seriously wounded and tried to revive them, without success.
Less than four hours after the shooting, at 2.17am local time yesterday, a group of Australian special forces soldiers were aboard an International Security Assistance Force helicopter in the Helmand province.
Two 2nd Commando Regiment Diggers on board - a private, 30, who had been on several operational tours, and a 23-year-old private on his second tour of Afghanistan - became numbers 37 and 38 on the list of Afghanistan war dead.
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Maybe its time to bring our soldiers home?
Back to there families and loved ones.
I know I dont want anymore soldiers from Australia or anywhere else to die anymore.
Whats your opinion?????