‘Huge questions’ over ABC’s soldier footage
The national broadcaster has come under fire over allegations it doctored footage recorded by an Australian soldier in one of its investigative programs on alleged war crimes.
Afghanistan
War crimes debacle exposes Defence leadership vacuum
It is a national tragedy that the alleged appalling behaviour of such a tiny group has come to define the service of a generation of military personnel.
ABC removes soldier shooting footage with audio ‘error’
The taxpayer-funded broadcaster has taken down a video containing audio that depicted an Australian soldier firing at unarmed Afghan civilians.
Sorry end to shameful chapter
It is still not clear that full responsibility has been taken at the top.
Officers ‘let off over war crimes’
Top commanders have been let off the hook for war crimes on their watch in Afghanistan, the Coalition and senior defence figures warn, after Richard Marles stripped medals from fewer than 10 current and former officers.
Huge move over war crimes finding
Medals have been stripped from up to nine serving and former military commanders after a bombshell inquiry found special forces soldiers likely committed war crimes.
Republicans try to tie Harris to botched Afghanistan withdrawal
Kamala Harris had limited involvement in the decision on whether and how US forces withdrew, but it still presents a key avenue of attack for Trump, particularly in Wednesday’s debate.
Major update in gangland shooting
Police say an arrest is ‘around the corner’ more than a year after a Victorian underworld figure was gunned down while walking in an inner-city street.
Cracks in the facade of Taliban rule
On the surface the Taliban seems strong, but three years since the fall of Kabul the regime is more fragile than it appears.
‘Spit and sawdust’: SAS goes on loud and proud
Veteran Harry Moffitt celebrates 60 years of the SAS his way – with a rock album.
Berlin deports Afghan offenders
Germany has carried out the first deportation of Afghans back to their home country since Taliban authorities took power in August 2021.
McGrath’s words of hope for mates on song
The New Zealand-born para-canoeist has been on a ‘heck of a journey’ from stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan to leading out the Australian team in Thursday’s opening ceremony.
Fearing death as I filmed a documentary with the ‘Taliban 2.0’
They look like bumbling hicks, but ‘these are not the Taliban of the 1990s’, says documentary maker Ibrahim Nash’at. Thanks to the US they now have Black Hawks and a suicide battalion – and should not be underestimated.
Another immigration detainee arrested over visa conditions
Another immigration detainee has been arrested in Sydney after allegedly breaching visa conditions, this time a 28-year-old Afghan-born man.
Married at nine: the law that adds to child bride agony
A million girls are forcibly wed each month before their 18th birthday. Now Iraq is worsening the pain.
Political discourse hijacked by ideology
The new terror threat facing Australia and other Western nations is being driven by the torrent of grievance and self-righteousness that now passes for political debate.
‘Can’t do this in Australia’: Mum’s betrayal
A woman faces deportation to Afghanistan as a court weighs up whether she goes to jail for forcing her daughter into a murderous marriage.
‘Can’t do this in Australia’: Mum’s betrayal
A woman faces deportation to Afghanistan as a court weighs up whether she goes to jail for forcing her daughter into a murderous marriage.
MP takes on ‘armchair generals’
Liberal MP and Afghanistan veteran Phillip Thompson has accused Defence of lagging behind the major sporting codes in protecting personnel from serious brain injuries.
Our ADF Diggers deserve better
Chronic brain injuries in soldiers are similar to concussion-related diseases in footballers.
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