Share on Twitter Peter Dutton has confirmed all of Australia's defence troops have now been withdrawn from Afghanistan. The Defence Minster said there had been 1,500 troops in the country, which was recently reduced to 80, and now they have all been withdrawn under the advice of the chief of defence. The withdrawal comes earlier than the original September deadline. "That doesn't mean we won't be a part of campaigns with the United States perhaps involving the SAS or special forces where we deem that to be in our national interest or in the interest of our allies," he told Sky News on Sunday morning.