A former special forces soldier has been arrested after an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested on Monday morning by the Australian Federal Police in the NSW southern highlands.

An SAS soldier has been arrested for a shooting in Afghanistan in 2012.

The AFP said in a statement it will be alleged that Schulz murdered an Afghan man while deployed to Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force.

Schulz, who featured in a 2020 Four Corners story, will face court on Monday afternoon.

Police said the arrest was the result of a joint investigation with the Office of the Special Investigator, which is investigating allegations arising from the Brereton Report into alleged war crimes committed by ADF personnel during the war in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.

Schulz is expected to be charged with one count of War Crime—Murder, which has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

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