カテゴリー: Australian military
Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to TalibanGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian government was warned in mid-July that the worsening security situati…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
Revelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are ‘deeply disturbing’, Human Rights Watch says• Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingHuman rights groups say revelations that Australia sat on its…
Aukus described as ‘exclusionary’ amid French anger at scrapping of $90bn submarine deal with AustraliaChina has told the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their “cold war” mentality or risk harming their own interests after the three countries unve…
Dfat timeline shows Marise Payne received formal advice to shutter embassy five days before meeting with then-president Ashraf GhaniGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingDefence and intelligence chiefs warned the Australian government mu…
The 21st Kabul Lancers has worked unofficially to organise safe routes out for Australia-trained soldiers, interpreters and journalistsAs the city of Kabul fell, Lina hid in her home with five children, gripped by fear.Taliban fighters were moving thro…
Many former interpreters whose visa applications have been held up by Australian bureaucracy are now trapped by the Taliban advance, as the RAAF mounts a last-minute evacuation effortFollow live updates on the Afghanistan crisisAn Afghan interpreter wh…
Even by the standards of this extraordinary cases, this was a remarkable weekAfter two full days giving evidence Mohammed Hanifa Fatih was formally excused.But he wasn’t yet finished. Continue reading…
Stuart McCarthy accuses Coalition of abandoning Afghans who worked with ADF, saying dozens have already been killed by TalibanA retired army major who served in Afghanistan has burnt his service medal in disgust, saying dozens of civilians who worked w…
More than four in 10 Australians think Chinese are coming and analysts say that’s partly due to government’s ‘drums of war’ rhetoricMore than four in 10 Australians are worried China may attack Australia, according to new polling, expressing a level of…
Federal LNP MP says government is considering moving other locally engaged employees to safe areas while visa applications are processedAfghans have begun arriving in Australia after being granted a safe haven for their work alongside Australian troops…
Government has granted 90 visas to Afghans who worked with Australian forces, but they say they need military flights to flee revenge of the Taliban The federal government says it has granted an extra 90 visas since the beginning of May to Afghan nati…
As coalition troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years, former soldiers, key officers and the public are asking what went wrong with some special forces “Whatever we do … ,” one Australian special forces soldier said of his service in …
Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retributionThe Taliban have publicly threatened Afghan security guards who have worked for the soon-to-be-shut Australian embassy, circulating pictures of them online and …