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Ex-Australian soldier charged with war crime over Afghan killing

Australia's first soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan in 2001. More troops began to be sent from 2005 [File: Stu Dood/Australian Department for Defence via AFP]

A former member of the Australian military has been charged with a war crime over the killing of an Afghan civilian.

The 41-year-old man was arrested in New South Wales and charged with murder following a joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) and the Australian Federal Police, according to a joint statement from the OSI and the police.

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