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Australian soldiers serving in Afghanistan were alleged to have used the prosthetic leg of a killed Taliban militant on them inappropriately.
Guardian Australia has released photos of Australian troops participating in the US-led international coalition’s operations against the Taliban, with a prosthetic leg of a militant who is believed to have died in an operation against the organization in Uruzgan province in 2009.
One of the photos shows a soldier drinking from the prosthetic mold, and in the other photo, two soldiers pose with prosthetics at an alcoholic party.
Eyewitnesses reported that the prosthesis, which is considered to be part of the bodily integrity of the person killed in war and therefore must be left on the battlefield, in accordance with international law of war, was displayed as a cup under an iron cross in the corner where the soldiers used as a bar.
It was reported that the commanders of the soldiers were aware that the object was used in this way by the soldiers, did not avoid any obstacles, and also participated in the entertainment of drinks.
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The Australian Defense Forces Inspector General report released on 19 November revealed that Australian soldiers serving in the US-NATO-led coalition intentionally killed 39 Afghan civilians in 2005-2016. An administrative investigation was launched on November 27 against 13 soldiers found to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
FOREIGN SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN
On October 7, 2001, the United States launched an invasion operation called “Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan on the grounds that it was hiding Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders who were planning the September 11 attacks. In the 13-year operation in 2001-2014, more than 20 countries, both NATO members and non-NATO members, supported the US.
Operation “Enduring Freedom” ended in 2014 after then-President Barack Obama decided to withdraw most of the US troops from the country, and since 2015 foreign forces have trained the Afghan army and assisted in operations against the Taliban. turned.
