KABUL (Pajhwok): A former Australian trooper has become the first soldier to be charged with a war crime committed in Afghanistan, a media report said on Monday.
Oliver Schulz, 41, who completed several tours of Afghanistan, was detained at Jindabyne in New South Wales, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.
The Australian Federal Police arrested the ex-soldier following a years-long probe into the killing of a farmer during a 2012 raid in Afghanistan.
Charged with the war crime under the Commonwealth Criminal Code, Schulz may appear before Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court.
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