KEY POINTS:
- The former governor of Uruzgan Province says Australian war crimes were a ‘reality’.
- But he insists Australia also helped Afghan girls attend school.
- Mohammad Omar Sherzad recently arrived in Australia on a humanitarian visa.
War crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan were a “reality” and contributed to the Taliban’s takeover of the country a decade later, says a former high-ranking Afghan in charge of the province in which Australian soldiers were based.
The former governor of Uruzgan Province, Mohammad Omar Sherzad, has told SBS Pashto a “proper investigation” into…
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