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The soldier,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, from an Operational Liaison and Mentoring Team patrol,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, saw an Afghan man raising a rifle to a firing position and was able to identify the type of weapon.
He fired a single shot, killing the man.
"Australian operating procedures for the conduct of Vehicle Check Points are robust,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," he said. "However, we constantly monitor our processes and make adjustments where necessary."
One was killed and the other wounded. Both turned out to be members of the Afghan National Police.
Lieutenant General Evans said an inquiry officer had been appointed to review the tactics, techniques and procedures for establishing vehicle checkpoints and conducting vehicle checks to ensure these were appropriate mechanisms for maintaining security.
The other incident occurred on August 3 when an Australian soldier shot and killed - in self-defence - an Afghan man believed to be an insurgent.
Lieutenant General Evans said from available information, the soldiers acted within their Rules of Engagement.
Diggers cleared over Afghan killings
But by the time Australian soldiers were able to safely reach the incident site some 20 minutes later no weapon was found. Another Afghan man had been observed running from the scene 30-40 seconds after the engagement.
That incident occurred on August 11 when two Afghan men travelling on a motorcycle failed to comply with multiple verbal and visual signals to stop at a vehicle checkpoint and were shot by Australian soldiers from the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF).
"However, I have initiated a comprehensive inquiry to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident in order to provide recommendations on possible changes to procedures,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," he said in a statement.
Australian troops acted within their rules of engagement in the shooting deaths of two Afghans and the wounding of a third,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the defence force says.
Lieutenant General Evans said the internal assessment concluded that the Afghan man posed a credible and imminent threat and that the Australian soldier acted within the rules of engagement.
Defence chief of joint operations Lieutenant General Mark Evans said internal assessments into the incidents had now been completed but a more comprehensive inquiry would be conducted into one to assess whether procedures needed to be changed.