The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the 1979 Afghanistan conflict.
He is the only American P.O.W of the Afghanistan conflict.
But it decided to send a single correspondent, Evan Wright, who had previously covered the Afghanistan conflict for the magazine.
It was used by Soviet forces during the later stages of the Afghanistan conflict in 1987-1989.
The inquiry has heard that the Treasury's intervention led to the cancellation of orders for extra helicopters that could be used in the current Afghanistan conflict.
The Afghanistan conflict and the prospect that it may spread have underscored Turkey's position as a country on the cusp.
Human rights lawyers have said that in showing disrespect for international law in the Afghanistan conflict, the stage was set for harsh treatment in Iraq.
While this is almost exclusively a plant pathogen, there is one documented case of P. aphanidermatum infecting a human being injured in the Afghanistan conflict.
He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bundestag.
As of May 2011, a further 24 Australian military personnel had been killed while serving in the Afghanistan conflict (including one with the British Armed Forces).