1.0southburnett.com.auhttps://southburnett.com.au/news2Anne Millerhttps://southburnett.com.au/news2/author/anne-miller/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oXci7k8Hce"><a href="https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2025/03/14/afghanistan-lest-we-forget/">Afghanistan … Lest We Forget</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2025/03/14/afghanistan-lest-we-forget/embed/#?secret=oXci7k8Hce" width="600" height="338" title="“Afghanistan … Lest We Forget” — southburnett.com.au" data-secret="oXci7k8Hce" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement("a"),i=l.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://southburnett.com.au/news2/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250314afghanistan1.jpg740460There doesn't appear to be any official day of commemoration on Australia's national calendar to acknowledge the sacrifice of Afghanistan war veterans, which is ironic as it is the country's longest war.