Following attacks on the World Trade Centre and Washington in September 2001 Australia joined the US and a coalition of other nations in a United Nations led mission to secure Afghanistan and expel Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other insurgent elements from Afghanistan. Hear Brigadier Bridie discuss the role played by the ISAF and particularly about his deployment as a Deputy Commanding General with US Forces in Regional Command – East at the end of the ISAF mission in 2014.