Former SAS captain, Liberal MP Andrew Hastie heard rumours of wrongdoing before deployment to Afghanistan

Liberal MP and former SAS captain Andrew Hastie has revealed he had heard rumours of wrongdoing by Australian special forces before his deployment to Afghanistan and made clear his “expectations” of his soldiers.

But he said this did not stop “incidents” occurring under his command that needed investigation.

“When I went to Afghanistan in 2013, it was at the tail end of the war,” Mr Hastie told the ABC.

“I had soldiers who deployed three, four, five and six…