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Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s minister for veterans, Johnny Mercer, has effectively admitted in front of a public inquiry that he believed members of the SAS had engaged in dozens of un…
Read MoreMoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of SAS in AfghanistanElite Afghan commandos who fought alongside the British military have had their applications to relocate blocked by UK special…
Read MoreMoD acknowledged at preliminary hearing that ‘UK special forces’ were present in AfghanistanA partial admission by the defence secretary that UK special forces were present in Afghanistan risks discrediting a public inquiry investigating allegations of…
Read MoreLawyers for bereaved families allege British soldiers carried out policy of terminating all fighting-age menEighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawy…
Read MoreCitizens who worked with British government or helped army told to get necessary documents stamped by the authoritiesThe Ministry of Defence has apologised after an investigation found Afghan applicants to a resettlement scheme were told they could onl…
Read MoreMoD concedes to longstanding demands for statutory inquiry into allegations dating back to 2010Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made afte…
Read MoreMoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers sayLawyers have accused the UK of facilitating dangerous onward boat journeys by Tamil refugees who had arrived at the Britis…
Read MoreEmails disclosed by lawyers for two families of victims suggested police told to ignore role of senior officers“Political pressure” was applied in 2016 to narrow the focus of a military police investigation into allegations of summary killings by SAS s…
Read MoreUK government accused of leaving former employees and their families ‘in limbo’ in Afghanistan, where they are targets for the TalibanMore than 170 people who worked for the British embassy in Kabul remain in hiding in Afghanistan in fear for their liv…
Read MoreFlight carrying translators and others who have escaped Taliban to land at RAF Brize Norton on FridayAn RAF flight of Afghan translators and others who have escaped the Taliban is due to land in the UK on Friday, the largest single evacuation by Britai…
Read MoreMoD compensation logs show just £2,380 paid on average, with more than 80 children among victimsBritish forces are linked to the deaths of 86 children and more than 200 adult civilians during the Afghanistan conflict, with compensation of just £2,380 p…
Read MoreEvacuation of employees, not contractors, ‘splitting hairs’, says HRW, warning of days left to save livesAfghan employees who worked as contractors on UK aid projects fear for their lives after not being granted resettlement in Britain.The Guardian has…
Read MoreThe withdrawal from Afghanistan is folly and has highlighted glaring faults in Whitehall“The war in Afghanistan is over,” proclaimed Joe Biden. How wrong he will be proved to be.This was never a baseball game that simply folds when we all walk away, ye…
Read MoreMoD says founder of Kabul animal shelter has passed security at airport but does not mention charity staff and familiesPaul “Pen” Farthing, who founded an animal shelter in Kabul, has made it through the airport’s security and is awaiting a flight out …
Read MoreUK defence secretary says Paul Farthing, his team and animals can leave on chartered planeA former Royal Marine who has been campaigning to have dozens of people and hundreds of animals at his sanctuary evacuated from Afghanistan has been offered a gli…
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