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Australia’s Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged Afghanistan war crimes

7th April, 2026 · admin

Ben Roberts-Smith

Khaama: Australian media reported that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, was arrested on Tuesday at Sydney Airport and is expected to appear later in a New South Wales court. According to SBS News, Roberts-Smith has been charged with five counts of unlawful killing as war crimes, linked to separate incidents that allegedly took place between 2009 and 2012 in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: War Crime |
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