Articles for tag: 2016 australia killings, afghanistan killings, angus campbell, australia killing afghanistan, australia special forces, The Pakistan Daily, TPD Investigations Desk

39 unlawful killings carried out by Australian special force personnel in Afghanistan

By Shahzad Murad In an official briefing on Thursday, Australia stated that they have found credible information of its special forces being responsible for illegitimately killing 39 people in Afghanistan. An inquiry was launched in 2016 by Australia in the wake of reports from whistleblowers regarding the killings of unarmed people and children. Initially, these reports were suppressed by the press but later on, an investigation was initiated in Australia. Stating the details of findings, General Angus Campbell chief of the Defence Force said that their investigation found credible evidence that Australian forces had been involved in killing civilians including