Tag: Afghanistan

Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly killed an unarmed Afghanistan man in the back. He is currently suing three newspaper’s reporting the case.

Australia’s famous special forces unit will in future be led by a more senior officer in the wake of scandals while operating in Afghanistan.

Announcement ties in with the US decision to withdraw its last remaining forces from Afghanistan over the coming months.

The SAS Regiment’s 2 Squadron, which has been heavily implicated in alleged crimes in Afghanistan, ceases to exist with immediate effect.

Parents of Cameron Baird, the Australian soldier who died serving in Afghanistan and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, met with Queen, Prince Harry and other award recipients.

Three Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan stood together in London on Monday to remember the war dead at a solemn Hyde Park service.

Four people died yesterday when a boat carrying 150 asylum seekers capsized off the coast of Christmas Island.

London Legacy will host their annual reception on Thursday 13 June at 6pm in the Downer Room at Australia House.

REVIEW | Margaret Evison's Death of a Soldier - A Mother's Story is a book that needed to be written. It goes beyond the headlines and strips away the veneer to show what it is really like on active service in Afghanistan, and just as importantly, the mother of one.

Australian news organisations have reported that Prince Harry will join the Australian Army for a six-month period on secondment later this year, with UK royal officials currently assessing the security risks that such a deployment would involve.

Two Australian soldiers will take part in a charity expedition across the Antarctic to the South Pole with Prince Harry later this year to raise money for wounded soldiers.