Allegations of Afghanistan war crimes led to US warning - Australian defense chief
A four-year investigation, known as the Brereton report, found in 2020 that Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan.
The hands of an Afghan man detained by paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry on a mission to improve the biological database of men living in Afghanistan's Paktiya Province July 12, 2012.(photo credit: LUCAS JACKSON/REUTERS)ByREUTERS