The rivalry between the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and 2nd Commando Regiment has even featured in a novel about Afghanistan penned by a former commando who uses as a plot twist an account of ...

FILE - Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, on Nov. 19, 2020.

July 2, 2015: For the first time in its history all the senior commands of the Australian Army are filled by special operations officers. While special operations troops comprise only seven percent of ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police on Monday charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special ...

Army chiefs have appointed former spy boss David Irvine to probe the handling of allegations that elite Australian soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan, or engaged in other serious misconduct.

A former Australian army lawyer has been jailed for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced at a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of ...

Australian women will be allowed to serve in front-line combat roles after the government said Tuesday it was dropping all gender restrictions for the military. Defense Minister Stephen Smith said ...

A former Australian army lawyer has been jailed for leaking journalists classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride (60) was sentenced at a ...