Inspector‐General Of The Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report: “… Men And Boys Would Be Found Dead: Shot in The Head Or Blindfolded And With Throats Slit”
- Here are the evidence based on Australia’s own report. Emphasis mine:
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Inspector‐General Of The Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report
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c. Clearance Operations. Dr Crompvoets was told that, after squirters were ‘dealt’ with, Special Forces would then cordon off a whole village, taking men and boys to guesthouses, which are typically on the edge of a village. There they would be tied up and tortured by Special Forces, sometimes for days. When the Special Forces left, the men and boys would be found dead: shot in the head or blindfolded and with throats slit.
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d. “Cover-ups. A specific incident described to Dr Crompvoets involved an incident where members from the ‘SASR’ were driving along a road and saw two 14-year-old boys whom they decided might be Taliban sympathisers. They stopped, searched the boys and slit their throats. The rest of the Troop then had to ‘clean up the mess’, which involved bagging the bodies and throwing them into a nearby river. Dr Crompvoets says she was told this was not an isolated..”
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