Fog of war and controversy in Afghanistan

By Nick McKenzie
Updated October 20 2017 - 9:53am, first published 9:50am
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22:  2015 Australia Post Legends Award recipient Ben Roberts-Smith VC MGat the Shrine of Remebrance on January 22, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Ben is one of five soldiers will be immortalised on a postage stamp as the recipients of the 2015 Australia Post Legends Award.  (Photo by Jesse Marlow/Fairfax Media)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22: 2015 Australia Post Legends Award recipient Ben Roberts-Smith VC MGat the Shrine of Remebrance on January 22, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Ben is one of five soldiers will be immortalised on a postage stamp as the recipients of the 2015 Australia Post Legends Award. (Photo by Jesse Marlow/Fairfax Media)

On May 31, 2006, amid the goat tracks and hidden dangers of Afghanistan's Chora Pass, a covert Australian patrol embarked on a mission that would bolster the Special Air Service Regiment's glowing global reputation, as well as that of the man who would later become Australia's most decorated soldier.

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