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Subscriber only A former SAS soldier has revealed the inner secrets of Australia s most elite military unit, telling how the line Âbetween right and wrong Âbecame blurred during his four tours of Afghanistan. Between 2006 and 2010, Mark Wales - who was in charge of 30 elite soldiers - was deployed each year to the war-torn country as part of an international effort to fight the Taliban.
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It’s been 10 years since Mark Wales last deployed to Afghanistan.
The retired Australian Special Forces soldier is proud of his service but doesn’t hesitate to declare that the US-led alliance, of which Australia was a part of, lost the aimless war to the Taliban.
“It s surprising to me that no one is banging their fists on the table about this. We’re trying to just creep away saying, ‘oh we just lost that war. I hope no one notices, ” the 41-year-old tells SBS News from his home in Perth.
“It’s a pretty big deal. If we’re losing wars at a national level it has to be understood and measures [need to be] put in place so it doesn’t happen again.”