{"id":10927,"date":"2020-11-18T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=10927"},"modified":"2020-11-21T17:15:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T15:15:51","slug":"the-chief-of-the-australian-defence-force-receives-the-afghanistan-inquiry-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2020\/11\/the-chief-of-the-australian-defence-force-receives-the-afghanistan-inquiry-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chief of the Australian Defence Force receives the Afghanistan Inquiry report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-Afghanistan.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-Afghanistan.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-Afghanistan-150x99.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-Afghanistan-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Australia-Afghanistan-240x159.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On 6 November 2020, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC, received the Afghanistan Inquiry report from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF).<\/p>\n<p>The independent inquiry was commissioned by Defence in 2016 after rumours and allegations emerged relating to possible breaches of the Law of Armed Conflict by members of the Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan over the period 2005 to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The CDF intends to speak about the key findings once he has read and reflected on the report.<\/p>\n<p>Welfare and other support services are available to participants and other individuals\u00a0affected by\u00a0the Afghanistan Inquiry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"dod-card--heading-multiple-links dod-card-auto-height alt\">\n<section class=\"dod-card--heading-multiple-links-inner\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-11\/Terms-of-Reference-Afghanistan-Inquiry-Implementation-Oversight-Panel.pdf\">Terms of Reference &#8211; Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-11\/201106-Statement-IGADF-Afghanistan-Inquiry-report_1.pdf\">CDF Statement &#8211; IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry report received (PDF) &#8211; 71 KB<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<p>Afghan, Australian and international human rights and legal organisations including OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation wrote to the Assistant Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, Major General Justice Paul Brereton, urging him to commit to releasing the report of the Inquiry into allegations of breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2020\/10\/afghan-australian-and-international-human-rights-and-legal-organisations-call-for-public-release-of-justice-breretons-afghanistan-inquiry-report\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au\/resources\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 November 2020, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC, received the Afghanistan Inquiry report from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF). 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