Australian troops were deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq to support the U.S. in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. SYDNEY—Australian authorities charged a former soldier who was deployed to Afghanistan with a war crime, the first prosecution of its kind in Australia, as the U.S. ally continues to grapple with the conduct of its military in the conflict. The 41-year-old man was arrested Monday morning, and he has been charged with murdering an Afghan man while deployed, police said. It is the first time a war crime charge of murder is being used against an Australian military member under Australian law, police said. The authorities didn’t specify exactly when the killing took place.

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