The Director of Military Prosecutions earlier on Monday announced three commandos would be charged with a range of offences including manslaughter.
Soldiers A and B, who remain anonymous, have issued a lengthy statement in response, promising to fight the charges.
"We will strenuously defend the charges and we look forward to the opportunity of publicly clearing our reputations, as well as the reputation of the Australian Defence Force," the pair said through the law firm Kennedys.
Two babies, two children and a teenager were killed in the night-time raid which aimed to capture an insurgent in February 2009. One adult was also killed.
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Around thirty troops reportedly took part in the wider operation
Details disputed
The ADF told SBS's Dateline that a mission to capture a significant Taliban leader was being undertaken, but did not comment on whether the wrong compound may have been raided.
Dateline reported that the family involved said it was a case of mistaken identity, and, the family claimed, they were told as much by the army translator.
But the ADF said it would comment on this only after the Director of Military Prosecutions decided on a course of action.
In a statement released the day after the attack, the ADF said the deaths occurred as soldiers conducted clearance operations through a number of compounds.
"During the conduct of this operation the soldiers were fired upon by Taliban insurgents," it said.
"The SOTG engaged the insurgents, returning fire in accordance with their rules of engagement."
The move to charge Australian troops for civilian deaths in a war zones is regarded as highly unusual.
A motion to carry out an independent investigation in the Senate was raised by Greens Senator Bob Brown in March.
