CONCERNS about the readiness of Australian troops involved in a bungled raid in which six people died were expressed before they were deployed to Afghanistan.
Australian Defence Force sources have told the Herald that the reservist commandos, some of whom serve as special operations police in NSW and Victoria, were still in Australia when senior officers were warned that they were insufficiently trained.
It is also believed that members of the commando company were disciplined for at least two separate offences during their tour of Afghanistan.
The family of the six victims, which included four children, an adolescent and an adult, told SBS's Dateline that the troops burst into their compound in the small hours of the morning in February last year and attacked with machine-guns and grenades.
It is understood that Defence investigators have raised serious concerns about whether the soldiers followed the rules of engagement relating to night-time raids and the use of grenades.
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