Kevin Rudd has made a surprise visit to Australia's troops in Afghanistan alongside wife Therese Rein. Mr Rudd told the troops it was time to bring them home. "Your mums and dads, your brothers and sisters, your wives and husbands and partners, and your kids are all enormously proud of you," he said. It's time we brought you home. Picture: Gary Ramage When the flag of Australia is brought down for the last time a few months from now, you will have been a part of history.