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Afghan militia leader Matiullah Khan gave gold watches to Australian Special Forces commanders


Afghan militia leader Matiullah Khan gave gold watches to Australian Special Forces commanders
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Uruzgan chief of police, Brigadier General Matiullah Khan (centre), was killed in 2015.
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Australian Special Forces commanders were given gold watches by a corrupt Afghan warlord who doubled as a powerful local police chief.
Key points:
His political connections and private army helped keep the Taliban at bay in Uruzgan Province
To refuse the luxury items might have caused offence or embarrassment
The ABC can reveal notorious Afghan militia leader Matiullah Khan, who was killed in 2015, regularly presented Rado watches worth more than $1,000 to senior Australian soldiers during rotations in Uruzgan province. ....

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Library online: Will Davies presents 'Secret and Special'


Event description
Best selling author and former ABC producer, Will Davies, discusses his latest book about the untold story of Z Special Unit in WWII.
About this Event
Will Davies shares with us his knowledge and understanding of Z Special Unit and how he came to write it s extraordinary story.
In the week prior to ANZAC Day discover a part of our history and remember the sacrifices and bravery of so many.
About the Book
The untold Z Special Unit and Operations, the precursor to the elite SAS, and the extraordinary feats they undertook in the Pacific during the Second World War. ....

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Civilian tears in Afghanistan: one UNSW researcher's attempt at peace in provinces


A western woman working in an Islamic Afghanistan
Dr Schmeidl conducted research as a woman in a very male-dominated country.
Afghanistan is an Islamic nation mired in conflict and war.
The Taliban – an Islamic hardline group that ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001 – imposed strict Sharia Law, taking away women’s rights to work and get an education.
Public lashings for not wearing a full-body burqa, and the amputation of hands and feet for petty crimes became common.
Dr Schmeidl says she visited Afghanistan briefly under Taliban rule in 2000, then returned to resume her fieldwork in 2002.
By that time, the Taliban had been toppled – to deny Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and operatives a safe haven – by a US-led coalition acting in retaliation for the deaths of more than 3000 people in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. ....

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