Austrailia PM declares end of 'longest war' on surprise Afghan visit

visit to Afghanistan. According to an ABC report, Abbott while speaking at a special ceremony at the Australian-run base in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province on Monday, said "Australia's
longest war is ending. Not with victory, not with defeat, but with, we hope, an Afghanistan that is better for our presence here."
Describing the Afghan war as complicated, he further said that?the imminent withdrawal of Australian troops was "bittersweet".
"It's bittersweet because hundreds of soldiers...