Report Says Australian Special Forces Committed War Crimes In Afghanistan

 

SKY News: Australian SAS troopers committed 'war crimes' in Afghanistan 

Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016, a report has found. The revelation comes after a four year inquiry by the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which investigated 57 incidents, took testimony from hundreds of witnesses and reviewed more than 20,000 documents. 

Speaking in the Australian capital of Canberra, General Angus John Campbell said the investigation "found there to be credible information to substantiate 23 incidents of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25 Australian Special Forces personnel, predominantly from the Special Air Service Regiment". 

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