Australia’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Australia’s most decorated living soldier was arrested on Tuesday and ​will be charged with five counts of war crime murders relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while on ‌deployment in Afghanistan. The man, whom police identified as a 47-year-old former Australian Defence Force (ADF) member and media named as Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested at Sydney Airport on Tuesday morning. He will be charged with five counts of war crimes in connection to the murder of five people in Afghanistan be...