adding that Special Air Service members encouraged “a self-centered, warrior culture.” “To the people of Afghanistan, on behalf of the Australian Defense Force, I sincerely and unreservedly ...

Canberra, Australia — Australia's elite special forces "unlawfully killed" 39 Afghan ... "This shameful record includes alleged instances in which new patrol members were coerced to shoot ...

Members of the Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 people during ... found that junior soldiers were also required by their patrol commanders to shoot a prisoner in order to achieve ...

Patrol commanders of Australia’s elite forces in Afghanistan would order junior soldiers to shoot a prisoner so they could achieve a first kill. Pistols, grenades and hand-held radios would be ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian ... senior special forces personnel ordered the killing of unarmed Afghans. "There is credible information that junior soldiers were required by their patrol ...

CANBERRA, Australia ... of elite Australian Special Forces troops who were photographed more than a decade ago flying a Nazi flag from a vehicle while on patrol in Afghanistan.

The head of the Australian ... special forces committed war crimes by murdering at least 39 noncombatants in Afghanistan. The probe reveals a practice known as “blooding,” where patrol ...

CANBERRA, Australia ... critics of elite Australian Special Forces troops who were photographed more than a decade ago flying a Nazi flag from a vehicle while on patrol in Afghanistan.