The US government warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent US forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment. 9News
soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent US forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment, Australia’s defence force chief said on Wednesday.attache in Canberra in March 2021 suggesting the elite SAS may have been "tainted" by the allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan raised in an Australian war crime investigation report that was made public in 2000.
"I received a letter from the defence attache of the United States Armed Forces based in Canberra, to me, indicating that the release of the Brereton report and its findings may initiate Leahy Law considerations," Campbell said.
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