The US government warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent US forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment, Australia’s defence force chief said on Wednesday.General Angus Campbell told a Senate committee that he received a letter from the US defence attache in Canberra in March 2021 suggesting the elite SAS may have been "tainted" by the allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan raised in an Australian war crime investigation report that was made public in 2000.Campbell said "one individual" had his "posted position adjusted" following the letter.
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