COURTSNationA former SAS soldier, who was ducked down in tall grass metres behind Oliver Schulz as he allegedly committed a war crime, was unable to say if anyone answered numerous calls asking whether Mr Schulz should shoot a local Afghan man.
NEWSNewsWireNavy hero John Armfield served Australia in Afghanistan, and now he wants to serve in parliament to give voice to a problem roiling the military.
EXCLUSIVENationA former senior ADF member says he was encouraged by interviewers to ‘over-embellish’ answers over the alleged war crime murder of a local man in Afghanistan 12 years ago.
AfghanistanDefenceA military veteran deployed to Afghanistan has been quizzed about his recollection of the day the crown alleges former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz unlawfully killed a local farmer, including whether he saw, or heard of, anyone planting objects on his body.
UK-US tensionsWorldJD Vance’s insults of British and French troops prompted the British PM to pointedly honour war heroes from the recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
CricketAustralia is through to the Champions Trophy semi finals despite rain forcing play to be abandoned during their chase of Afghanistan’s target of 274 at Lahore.
The ICC’s rules say that Afghanistan should not be playing Australia in the Champions Trophy … but they are and the First World needs to get used to it.
CricketNewsWireA semi-final berth at the ICC Champions Trophy awaits Australia if Steve Smith’s team can beat Afghanistan.
‘this is really bad’The TimesPeter and Barbie Reynolds, both aged in their 70s, had been teaching mothers parenting skills in Afghanistan after falling in love with the country. Their children now fear for their safety.
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CricketNewsWireThe Champions Trophy will begin in Pakistan with political tension clouding the ODI tournament and questions about the quality of the Australian team.
MunichWorldAn Afghan asylum-seeker was arrested after a suspected car ramming attack injured at least 28 people in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday, police said.
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NewsWireA NSW nurse fired for anti-Semitic comments is facing calls for his Australian citizenship to be stripped after it was revealed he was originally from Afghanistan.
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ExclusiveNationFormer special forces veteran Heston Russell wants an unconditional apology from the ABC acknowledging that he did not shoot at unarmed civilians from a helicopter in Afghanistan.
‘Editing error’NationA report has blamed ABC lawyers for failing to pass on complaints by former commando Heston Russell that extra gunshots had been edited into an ABC news report.
LAST POSTLettersBefore getting excited about Trump’s real estate solution for Gaza, it’s worth remembering America’s less-than-successful involvement with the rebuilding of Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Vietnam.
CricketAn Afghanistan women’s XI will make history when the team plays in Melbourne on Thursday. Find out why cricket means more to them than just a sport.
CricketNewsWireAustralia will play Afghanistan at the upcoming Champions Trophy but not in other internationals until their leaders change one significant thing.
Trump 2.0WorldThe new US Secretary of State issued the harsh warning after claiming more Americans may be detained in Afghanistan than previously thought.
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newsNewsWireAfghanistan veteran Sean Halfpenny, who discovered painting during his recovery from PTSD, will pay tribute to two local heroes in a major artwork.
newsNewsWireAfghanistan veteran Sean Halfpenny, who discovered painting during his recovery from PTSD, will pay tribute to two local heroes in a major artwork.
foreign policyUS PoliticsIn his last foreign policy speech, the US President said the incoming Trump administration has been left in a better position because of his foreign policies.
CricketCricket Australia has doubled down on its controversial policy to play Afghanistan in global tournaments in the face of mounting opposition in England and South Africa to the Taliban’s treatment of women.
academicNationAustralian academic Timothy Weeks was held hostage by the Taliban for more than three years but converted to Islam and became one of the hardline regime’s most vocal apologists.
NEWSNewsWireAn Australian academic and ex-Taliban hostage has died in Afghanistan after battling cancer “for a long time”.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Las Vegas explosionWorldMatthew Alan Livelsberger shared a history in the US army with Shamsud-Din Jabbar, with police racing to uncover a motive or any possible connection to the New Orleans attack.
EXCLUSIVENationIn the five years to 2023, department figures show most refugees taken by Australia came from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Myanmar and Congo.
EXCLUSIVEDefenceThe refurbished Australian War Memorial will include an exhibit focusing on the one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s military history.
Fearsome familyThe Wall Street JournalAn Islamic State suicide bombing in Kabul on Wednesday killed a Taliban minister in the highest-profile casualty since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan three years ago.
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EXCLUSIVEPoliticsFormer Afghan asylum seeker Samim Moslih, backed by grassroots Muslim campaigns, aims to topple a Labor stronghold, Victoria’s Calwell seat, and calls Israel a ‘colonial project’.
CricketIncoming CA boss Todd Greenberg has already been forced on the back foot by a former ICC chair unloading on Australia’s decision to boycott playing Afghanistan, but chair Mike Baird has backed the boycott.