Afghanistan Inquiry

Opinion: Responsibility for failure rests at the top

Opinion: Responsibility for failure rests at the top

The obscene business which is war has many rules. Command responsibility, also now called the Yamashita Principle, is that obligation of all commanders to ensure their troops fight within those rules.  Failure to do so is considered an omission mode of individual...

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Commentary: Defence ducks probe into war crimes accountability

Commentary: Defence ducks probe into war crimes accountability

Source: BEN PACKHAM The Australian Newspaper's Foreign Affairs & Defence Correspondent - September 13, 2022 Defence has avoided an inquiry into the accountability of senior commanders for war crimes ­despite the findings of an independent panel, which said it...

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Elite soldiers blast Defence chief Angus Campbell over handling of Afghanistan war crimes report

Officers escape punishment for SAS soldier ‘crimes’

The Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, has shelved any punishment for seven senior army officers who failed to prevent war crimes on their watch in Afghanistan, and has exonerated a further 21, saying they should “learn from their...

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