Retired major Heston Russell, who served in Afghanistan with the 2nd Commando Regiment, was appalled by the way Australia had abandoned the people of Afghanistan.
Australia s most decorated soldier has written of his great sense of sadness that Afghanistan is back in the hands of the brutal Taliban after Australia s longest war.
Interpreters who worked alongside Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, but were deemed ineligible for resettlement in Australia, fear they will be killed when the Taliban finds them.