The mistaken identity that led to Australian soldiers allegedly killing the wrong man | ABC News

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Australian Special Forces allegedly killed an unarmed Afghan civilian after mistaking him for a Taliban target who shared the same name.

ABC Investigations has been told that the man was dragged away and shot multiple times in cold blood during the 2013 raid.

A complaint was later made to the coalition forces about his killing.

Mark Willacy has the latest in a series of exclusive reports on unlawful special forces killings in Afghanistan.

Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/australian-sas-soldiers-killed-the-wrong-afghan-man/12472478

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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.

Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.

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