A former Australian soldier has been arrested and is likely to be charged over alleged war crimes while in Afghanistan.
The 41-year-old is alleged to have an Afghan man while he was deployed between 2005 and 2016.
The arrest was made following a joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator and the AFP.
The former soldier has been formally charged with one count of War Crime-Murder under the Criminal Code Act 1995.
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