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xinhua news agency, canberra, september 12 (reporter zhang jianhua) the australian government announced on the 12th that the medals awarded to several senior australian military officers were revoked for suspected war crimes during the war in afghanistan.

australian deputy prime minister and defense minister marrs announced to the parliament on the same day that he had decided to revoke the medals of several active and retired military officers when informing the parliament of the government's handling process. however, due to privacy issues, the names, specific numbers and details of the relevant personnel will not be announced.

mars said: "this will always be a national shame." he said that the australian government has responded to 139 of the 143 recommendations made in the incident investigation report, and the remaining four are still under investigation by the office of the special investigator.

after the september 11 attacks, australia sent tens of thousands of soldiers to participate in the war in afghanistan. the media exposed a series of inhumane acts committed by australian soldiers in afghanistan. the australian military launched an investigation in 2016 and released an investigation report on the country's troops in afghanistan in 2020, confirming that australian soldiers had illegally killed prisoners of war and civilians in afghanistan and other suspected war crimes.

the report said that 25 soldiers were suspected of 23 "illegal killings" of prisoners and civilians, with a total of 39 deaths and 2 people being abused. in addition, some soldiers placed weapons and ammunition next to the bodies of afghan civilians to create the illusion that the dead were armed personnel.

the australian government established the office of the special investigator in 2020 to investigate allegations of war crimes.