A Taliban spokesperson has accused Australian soldiers of war crimes in Afghanistan, while cruelly claiming the 41 diggers who were killed in action 'died in vain'. Suhail Shaheen accused Australian forces of committing brutal 'human rights violations' during the west's 20-year military campaign and called for soldiers to be prosecuted. 'They committed some of the worst and most brutal human rights violations by cutting fingers off dead bodies and killing farmers. The same applies for my country, Afghanistan.' In a video uploaded to social media, an Afghan-Australian father-of-three was beaten by the Taliban while scrambling to reach Kabul Airport.

Source: The Nation September 01, 2021 11:37 UTC