Australia soldier among 25 killed in Afghanistan

The soldier was killed in an ambush while on patrol Thursday in the southern province of Uruzgan, the Australian Defence Force said in a statement.

It was Australia`s third combat fatality since it sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq in the US-led "war on terror" in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

This year, 186 international soldiers have died while in Afghanistan to fight back a growing insurgency led by hardcore Islamic militants from the Taliban and other radical outfits such as Al-Qaeda.