Report says Australian SAS officers knew of weapons planted on dead Afghans

Some Australian SAS officers knew soldiers under their command were planting weapons, called 'throwdowns', on dead Afghan civilians to portray them as combatants, but did nothing, a previously unpublished 2021 military report says. The defence force inspector general's summary blames a 'breakdown of command'. The 2020 Brereton inquiry had found credible information that special forces murdered 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners.