Two Australian soldiers have been wounded in separate bomb blasts in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan.
The ABC reports the Australian Defence Department as saying that both incidents, involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs), occurred on Sunday while the men were on patrol in the Baluchi Valley region.
It says one soldier is in a serious condition with blast and fragmentation wounds, while the other is said to be in a satisfactory condition with suspected internal injuries.
Both soldiers, who were from Australia's Mentoring Task Force Two, are being treated in the Kandahar medical facility.
Australia's Middle East commander, Major-General John Cantwell, says there have been significant gains in finding and destroying many IEDs and munitions caches but insurgents continue to target Afghan and international patrols with no regard for innocent local people.
Ten Australian soldiers have been killed and 62 injured in Afghanistan this year.
