Australia's defence chief has "in hindsight" acknowledged a major issue following the release of a war crimes report which detailed horrific allegations.
It comes after a bombshell report into allegations Australian soldiers were involved in unlawful killings and the cruel treatment of prisoners of war.
Appearing on ABC's Insiders on Sunday morning, Australian Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell was asked if special forces were relied upon too heavily in Afghanistan.
"There were aspects which necessarily had to be done by special forces but there are other elements that Justice Brereton refers to that in hindsight, perhaps that we should have seen rotated to other elements of the force earlier," he answered.
He said the ADF planned operations, carried out the operations and provided advice to the Government about what was happening in Afghanistan.