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Special forces officers concerned over ‘questionable’ behaviour in ‘massacres’

UK special forces officers raised concerns of “questionable behaviour” by certain units in Afghanistan, describing alleged unlawful killings as “massacres”. In email exchanges, which were read to an independent inquiry on Monday, some officers ...

09 Oct 2023 at 15:37

Families urge inquiry to provide ‘truth’ about British special forces killings

Families who allege unlawful killings by British special forces in Afghanistan have called on an independent inquiry to “provide us with the truth”. The inquiry, which is set to begin its substantive hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice on ...

09 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Whistleblower of alleged special forces murders fears being branded traitor

A member of UK special forces who reported the alleged “flat-packing” murders of civilians in Afghanistan has told an inquiry they fear they will be branded a traitor for coming forward, documents have shown. The Afghanistan Inquiry has held ...

08 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Killing civilians in Afghanistan would increase weight of enemy – defence chief

The UK’s chief of defence staff has told the inquiry into alleged murders by special forces in Afghanistan that killing civilians would “increase the weight of the enemy”. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin was called to the witness box at the Royal ...

23 Oct 2023 at 17:14

Special forces conducted campaign of murder against Afghan civilians, probe told

UK special forces were conducting a “campaign of murder” against Afghan civilians while senior officers and personnel at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) “sought to prevent adequate investigation”, an inquiry has heard. Lawyers acting on ...

11 Oct 2023 at 14:23

Military police spoke of ‘cover-up’ concerns after data deletion, inquiry told

Military police officers believed the permanent deletion of data from a computer server by “sheepish” UK special forces personnel would be seen as a cover-up, the Afghanistan inquiry has heard. The inquiry was told the deletion of ...

05 Dec 2023 at 19:59

Special forces killings probe ‘will be emotive and uncomfortable’

The UK’s chief of defence staff has said the inquiry into alleged murders by special forces personnel in Afghanistan will be an “emotive and uncomfortable process for some”. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin told the chairman of the ...

24 Oct 2023 at 12:01

Royal Military Police told to ‘take no action’ over special forces data deletion

The Royal Military Police (RMP) were instructed to “take no action” despite data regarding alleged unlawful special forces killings in Afghanistan being deleted from a computer server, an inquiry has been told. The probe ...

10 Oct 2023 at 12:52

Special forces had policy of killing fighting age males, Afghanistan probe told

UK special forces allegedly had a policy of executing males of “fighting age” in Afghanistan in circumstances where they posed no threat, an independent inquiry has heard. The central allegation of the probe, which will ...

09 Oct 2023 at 12:01

Minister tells Afghanistan inquiry he is ‘unable’ to disprove alleged cover-up

The veterans minister has told the Afghanistan inquiry he was “desperate” to disprove a cover-up of alleged murders by UK special forces in the war-torn nation but was “unable” to do so. Johnny Mercer repeatedly ...

20 Feb 2024 at 15:08

Retrieved data from special forces server may hold evidence of murder – inquiry

Data has been recovered and seized from the back-up drives of a special forces computer system containing allegations of murders in Afghanistan, it has been revealed. The computer system was thought to have ...

29 May 2025 at 14:14

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