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It’s been 10 years since Mark Wales last deployed to Afghanistan. The retired Australian Special Forces soldier is proud of his service but doesn’t hesitate to declare that the US-led alliance, of which Australia was a part of, lost the "aimless war" to the Taliban.     “It's surprising to me that no one is banging their fists on the table about this. We’re trying to just creep away saying, ‘oh we just lost that war. I hope no one notices,'” the 41-year-old tells SBS News from his home in Perth. “It’s a pretty big deal. If we’re losing wars at a national level it has to b...

Findings of Brereton's SAS inquiry should be tested in court Editorial Normal text size Advertisement In terms of risk, few contracts are more unequal than the one between a nation's government and the soldiers it sends abroad to fight its wars. It is one of the reasons our society has devoted such resources and public space to commemoration of those soldiers' sacrifice. But it is also one of the reasons that it has always been difficult for us to accept the idea of war crimes, which are based on the laws of war, which in turn say that those we have determined to be our enemies and the foreig...

Courts are the place to test Brereton's SAS report Editorial Normal text size Advertisement In terms of risk, few contracts are more unequal than the one between a nation's government and the soldiers it sends abroad to fight its wars. It is one of the reasons our society has devoted such resources and public space to commemoration of those soldiers' sacrifices. But it is also one of the reasons that it has always been difficult for us to accept the idea of war crimes, which are based on the laws of war, which in turn say that those we have determined to be our enemies and the foreigners they...

Call for royal commission into alleged Afghanistan war crimes We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Call for royal commission into alleged Afghanistan war crimes Normal text size Advertisement A former head of the defence force is backing a call for a royal commission or its equivalent to further probe the findings of the recently released Brereton report on war crimes allegedly committed by some Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Admiral Chris Barrie is querying the report’s conclusion that “responsibility and accountability [for th...

by Ally Foster 16th Dec 2020 11:36 AM One of Australia's top special forces soldiers has stood down after a shocking photo emerged of him drinking from a prosthetic leg belonging to a dead Afghan man. Warrant Officer John Letch, Command Sergeant Major of Special Operations Command, has stepped down from his duties and is now considering his options following the photo controversy, according to The publication also revealed former Special Air Service Regiment and Special Operations Task Group commander Jono Beesley has stepped ...