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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Australian defence chief warns further criminal charges could be laid over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Angus Campbell
Australian Defence Force chief Gen Angus Campbell has said if the military had failed institutionally, ‘we need to face that’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australia’s Defence Force chief has warned of some “very, very uncomfortable days” ahead for Australia’s special forces, with the potential for further criminal charges to be laid over allegations of war crimes committed in Afghanistan.

Gen Angus Campbell, himself a former troop commander and squadron commander within the SAS regiment, told a civilian audience in Sydney that if the military had failed institutionally, “we need to face that”.

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