@Elise

"those who are out to kill us." Out to kill you or we out to kill them? I don't see any Afghan shooting around in Australia. Everyone knows that Australian forces (not defence as they are not defending anyone in Afghanistan) won't killo innocent civilians intentionally, but they made a mistake and wanted to sweap it under the rug.

Why is everyone missing THE point here???

This story was NOT about whether aus soldiers should or shouldn't be in Afghanistan. This story was NOT about whether the aus soldiers fought back in retaliation. This story was NOT about dateline being or not being biased. This story was about innocent CHILDREN being killed, maimed & wounded. What is wrong with us?? are we that jaded...actually yeah i think we are, we must be if we believe a child is a disposable element in our war against terror. THIS truly terrifies me.

Great Tabloid Journalism on 'Questions from Oruzgan'

To Sophie McNeill, I would like to congratulate you on the most one sided, totally biased piece of tabloid journalism that I have ever seen produced by the SBS. This story was pathetic. There was at no stage any reference given to the fact that Australians soldiers did nothing wrong that night or were the interviewees asked if they had weapons that night. Whatever happened to unbiased journalism that strives to report every side to a story without bias?

$$$$$$

What's Datelines agenda? The justice or the money? Apart from being totally unpatriotic this report has some real holes in it? The brother's evidence after he was detained in the next room is third person and here say. Apparently the ADF carry bags of money to give out within days of making a supposed mistake? Seeing the family talking about the repatriation at the end and the desecration of the grave did not endear them. The young girls scar is much older than 6 months and is typical of a gastro operation. Very disappointing by the reporter and certainly doesn't have the Negus stamp on it, or does it?

Very Biased

Your story was incredibly biased & did not fairly represent the ADF. AS IF Australian soldiers would ever deliberately hurt or kill innocent civilians. They were obviously firing in retaliation or to protect themselves. Everyone knows that Uruzgan is a Taliban strong hold & that many locals there support & hide them - they have to in order to survive. You should be writing a story supporting the soldiers who put their own lives at risk to preserve the democracy & freedom that you so enjoy, rather than championing the cause of those who are out to kill us.

No business in Afghanistan

Australia has no business in Afghanistan. They should pack their bags and get the hell out before more harm is done. This is a war cannot be win by ISAF. Afghanistan maybe easy to invade, but controlling it is not that simple. British got the beating of their lives, Alexandar too. Soviets shamefully admitted they should have stayed out. Afghans do not bow to foreign occupation

Half a Story

Something is not right with the way this story was presented. Q1 - Why didn't the reporter go to the scene of the killing? After all, they say there are no Taliban. So was this a cop out? Q2 - the obvious question they did not ask was - why did the Australians fire into the window after they quietly secured a male person who may have been Taliban? It begs the question that some form of offensive action occurred - so why was this crucial aspect of the story not explored? Poor report.

Don't miss the point

Defence Dept would never let soldiers speak to media as it would clash with their "official" version of events. It was difficult not to believe the Afghans, but not to say their account isn't biased. I think the two big points are, firstly, why has it taken so long (12-18 months) to work out an official version of events, particularly (the second point) as they haven't even bothered to interview the family? A very poor PR response to the tragedy. No wonder why people are suspect...