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Several senior Australian defence military commanders will be stripped of their service medals after they were found guilty of committing war crimes in Afghanistan, according to Al Jazeera. This was announced in the Australian Parliament on Thursday by Defence Minister Richard Marles.
The Brereton report was released in 2020. It found evidence that Australian soldiers had illegally killed 39 people during the war in Afghanistan. Defense Minister Marles said that this will always remain a matter of national shame for us.
According to the report, Marles did not reveal the names of the soldiers whose awards have been taken away. However, according to local media, their number is said to be around 10. The Defense Minister said that prosecution of these soldiers is being considered.
The Australian Defence Minister said it could take many years for the culprits to be punished.
Australian soldiers went to fight in Afghanistan According to the BBC, more than 39,000 Australian soldiers went to fight in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2013. They were sent to fight the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other Islamic groups after the September 11 attacks on America.
In 2016, it was revealed that some Australian soldiers had committed war crimes there. After this, the Australian government formed a committee. This committee was headed by former judge and Major General Paul Brereton. The committee is known by his name.
After four years, Brereton’s report was released on 19 November 2020. It was reported that Australian soldiers deployed in Afghanistan had killed prisoners and civilians.
According to the report, this started in 2009 and the maximum number of incidents related to this happened in 2012-13. At least 25 people were involved in this crime. Most of the perpetrators were soldiers who had gone to fight for the first time.
Soldiers from other countries have also been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.
Took the lives of innocent people to practice According to the Australian newspaper ABC News, these soldiers killed innocent people just in the name of practice. In Australia, when a soldier kills a criminal in an encounter for the first time after deployment, it is called ‘blooding’.
Usually when a commander went on patrol, he would order his junior to ‘bleed’. After killing, they would leave their weapons near the dead people. After this, they would send a message through the radio set that they had an encounter with the terrorists in which they were killed.