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Australian Defence Force chief flags mandatory body cameras for soldiers after landmark war crimes inquiry

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An Australian solider is seen on a military vehicle during security transition ceremony in Urzgan Province, south of Afghanistan, on July 18, 2012. (Xinhua/Arghnad).

CANBERRA — The Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Angus Campbell has thrown his support behind mandatory body cameras for soldiers in battle in the wake of a landmark war crimes inquiry.

Campbell on Sunday said that introducing body cameras would increase accountability within the special forces serving in Afghanistan after a four-year inquiry found “credible evidence” that Australian soldiers committed 39 unlawful killings in the country between 2005 and 2016.

The inquiry also uncovered a series of cover-ups undertaken by the Australian soldiers.

“We will work through that recommendation (of body cameras). I think it is a very good idea. It creates a degree of objectivity and a capacity for learning, development and record keeping,” Campbell told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in his first interview since the report was released on Thursday.

“That material would become a digital archive, permanently and securely held so that if claims were to arise, they would be, they would contribute to understanding what may have happened,” he said.

The alleged war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan during their military mission have drawn strong reaction from Afghans, who condemned the killings of innocent people.

They asked for more investigations into the issue, the punishment of the perpetrators and compensation from the Australian government to the Afghan victims’ families.

The ABC has previously published eyewitness accounts of shootings of unarmed Afghan civilians by Australian special forces soldiers.

The Inspector-General of the ADF (IGADF) has been conducting a wide-ranging but highly secretive inquiry into allegations that Australian special forces members committed war crimes — including the murder of civilians — in Afghanistan since early 2016, according to the ABC. And the report is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed that allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers would be pursued until “justice is indeed served.”

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