The judge in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case found he committed murder. Will Australia remember the names of those Afghans whose deaths sat at the centre of testimony?
ith a federal court judge finding Ben Roberts-Smith – the country’s most decorated soldier – either murdered or was complicit in and responsible for the murder of, Australia must now turn its attention to the real victims of this conflict.
The dusty Afghan province of Uruzgan where Australian armed forces served for more than a decade is one of the poorest in the war-ravaged country. Life in the province is so hard that childrenamid water shortages. The battle locals faced during all those years of bloodshed is the same one they face now – a battle against poverty and injustice. And now we have more confirmation that it also bears the scars of one of the darkest chapters in Australian military history.
The villagers of Uruzgan and the surrounding areas in Afghanistan where Roberts-Smith and his peers served were caught between the Taliban insurgents and Nato forces for 20 years. After the chaoticand the devastating withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan they continue to live a miserable life under the Taliban, which is peddling a gender-apartheid policy against women and girls.
Afghans of my generation knew Australia for its fabulous cricketers like Shane Warne, Steve Waugh and Adam Gilchrist. Will the younger generation remember it for the soldiers who came in the name of war? Where war crimes are proven, will the victims get any compensation? How can you compensate someone for the brutal killing of their loved one?
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