 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hurumende yaVaHoward yakatumira mauto kuhondo yeAfghanistan iine rutsigiro rwemapato maviri uye Hondo yeIraq ichisangana nekusagutsikana kwemamwe mapato ezvematongerwo enyika. Mauto eSAS akaumba chikamu chakakurumbira zvikuru cheOperation Slipper, mupiro weAustralia kumasimba anopinda muhondo yeUnited States muna 2001 muAfghanistan. Chiverengero chiduku chavaAustralia, kubatanidza David Hicks, chakabatwa mukati nokukomberedza Afghan Theatre pashure pokupedza nguva vachidzidzisa kana kuti kurwisana namaparamita echiIslam akabatanidzwa neAl-Qaeda. VaIslamist vachitevera nzira yeAl-Qaeda yekushanda vakabhomba kirabhu yehusiku muBalimuna 2002 uye vakauraya vanhuwo zvavo 88 vokuAustralia. Gore rakatevera, Hondo yeIraq yakatangwa neUS-British yakatungamirwa mubatanidzwa kupidigura hurumende yaSaddam Hussein yeIraq nekuda kwekusateerera kwayakaita Chibvumirano cheGulf War Peace Treaty cha1991. Kupindira kweAustralia mukupinda muIraq muna 2003 kwakapfuurira kusvikira muna 2009 uye kwakapokanidzana zvikuru. Kutevera kufa kwemutungamiri weAl-Qaeda Osama bin Laden mumaoko emauto eU.S. muna Chivabvu 2011, Mutungamiri wehurumende Julia Gillard akazivisa kuti mauto eAustralia acharamba ari muAfghanistan uye akati kufa kwaBin Laden kwakapa chiyero chidiki cheruramisiro kumhuri dzevaAustralia 105 vakaurayiwa mukurwiswa kweAl-Qaeda muNew York, Bali, London neMumbai kubva pakatanga kupokana. Kubva muna Chivabvu 2011, mamwe mauto makumi maviri nemana eAustralia akaurayiwa achishanda muhondo yeAfghanistan kusanganisira mumwe weBritish Armed Forces. 