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Allegations of Afghanistan war crimes led to U.S. warning - Australian defence chief

Australia's defence chief said on Wednesday the United States warned him in 2021 that allegations Australian special forces soldiers killed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan may trigger a law prohibiting assistance from the United States.

Reuters

US warned it might suspend ties with Australian special forces over war crime allegations

Gen Angus Campbell also tells Senate that army member’s employment arrangements were ‘adjusted’ after US raised issue

The Guardian - AU

Special Forces missions to be hampered by lack of boats to drop from planes

UK Special Forces, including the Special Boat Service and SAS, will not be able to parachute from Atlas A400(M) planes and collect boats at sea because the Government is yet to order new inflatables

Daily Mirror

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In Australian defamation court, a proxy 'war crimes trial' nears judgement

Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia's highest military honour for "conspicuous gallantry" during a 2010 attack on two Taliban machine-gun posts during his fifth tour of Afghanistan.

Reuters

UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011

Exclusive: Extensive deployments ‘raise serious concerns about transparency’, says research group Action on Armed Violence

The Guardian - UK

Women's secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with a line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem The Young British Soldier. Written in 1890 upon Kipling’s return to England from India, an experienced imperial soldier gives advice to the incoming cohort:

The Conversation

Unseen photos showing early years of SAS soldiers during WWII go up for auction

The previously unseen images offer a glimpse of day-to-day life for troops in the secretive special forces unit

Daily Mirror

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Guide dog puppies lead through 'boot camp' - by former special forces officer

The young recruits were lead around a series of cones and through a tunnel - by former “SAS: Who Dares Wins” officer, Ollie Ollerton

Wales Online

Former special forces soldier leads boot camp - for six-week-old guide dog puppies

The young recruits were lead around a series of cones and through a tunnel - by former “SAS: Who Dares Wins” officer, Ollie Ollerton

Daily Mirror

Afghan families in Yorkshire issued with eviction letters from Suella Braverman

Refugees, including a special forces soldier and a political adviser, receive ‘notice to quit’ letters from home secretary

The Guardian - UK

Concerns UK will be ‘dangerously exposed’ when transport aircraft cut

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace pushed back against the concerns and said the A400M is ‘performing’.

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Turkish raid prompted ISIS leader to detonate suicide vest

ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said.

Reuters

SAS troops bawled out for wearing baseball caps, sporting beards and needing haircuts

Troops in Maidstone, Kent, were seen wearing a baseball caps with long hair and beards in a recently shared photo - a breach of the Army's strict dress code

Daily Mirror

French special forces soldier ‘gravely ill’ after being shot on Sudan rescue mission

A French special forces soldier is “gravely” ill after being shot helping French government officials to escape from Khartoum, a minister told Parliament on Monday.

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The Independent UK

From Putin’s health to spying on allies: Five key takeaways from leaked Pentagon documents

Leaked documents present "very serious risk to national security”, says top Pentagon spokesman

Daily Mirror

Putin's ruthless Special Forces wiped out on battlefield, leaked documents reveal

'The Pentagon leaks' consist of 100 pages of documents leaked online and include information about the Russian invasion, including claims Vladimir Putin's Spetsnaz forces have been almost entirely wiped out

The Independent UK

From Putin’s health to spying on allies: Five key takeaways from leaked Pentagon documents

Leaked documents present "very serious risk to national security”, says top Pentagon spokesman

The Independent UK

From Putin’s health to spying on allies: Five key takeaways from leaked Pentagon documents

Leaked documents present "very serious risk to national security”, says top Pentagon spokesman

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Al Jazeera

Pentagon leaks: Russian special forces decimated by Ukraine war

Leaked documents also reveal China’s plans to send ‘lethal aid’ to Russian military disguised as civilian items.

Evening Standard

Jack Teixeira: US airman to appear in court over intelligence leak

Jack Teixeira, the man suspected of leaking highly-classified US documents online, is due to appear in court after his arrest on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Alleged leaks about UK special forces in Ukraine could ‘endanger lives’

‘This deliberate, large-scale disclosure of sensitive material could easily endanger lives,’ said senior Tory MP Tobias Ellwood.

The Independent UK

The Pentagon leaks are staggering in scale – and expect more to come

The emergence of the documents is a very post-modern scandal, writes Kim Sengupta

Fortune

The U.S. is one of several Western countries with military special forces on the ground in Ukraine, leaked documents show

No information on their location or missions was detailed in the files.

Al Jazeera

Leaked Pentagon documents: What are the major takeaways?

The US, UK and France are among Western countries with special forces in Ukraine, according to leaked documents.

The Independent UK

Leaked Pentagon documents claim elite British special forces are in Ukraine

A total of 50 members of British special forces were deployed to war-hit nation as of 23 March, according to new leaked document

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