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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation witness backs war veteran’s version of events in Afghanistan mission

The tunnel referenced in the Ben Roberts-Smith case, which is located at a compound called Whiskey 108.
The tunnel referenced in the Ben Roberts-Smith case, which is located at a compound called Whiskey 108. Photograph: Australian government

There were no people in the tunnel at Whiskey 108, a former SAS soldier has told the federal court, backing Ben Roberts-Smith’s version of events of a fiercely contested Australian military mission in Afghanistan.

The crude, hand-dug tunnel, hidden inside a compound known as Whiskey 108 in the village of Kakarak, in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, has become a critical contention in Roberts-Smith’s high-profile defamation trial.

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