🏳️On Tuesday Consortium News published an article titled “Probing UK Special Forces’ War Crimes in Afghanistan”
The article is about an investigation into British soldiers and officers (particularly SAS) who committed war crimes against civilians during operations in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave's investigation found evidence suggesting that British special forces engaged in extrajudicial killings with a “golden pass allowing them to get away with murder”.
A specific list of War Crimes includes:
▫️Illegal killings of civilians during night raids
▫️Civilian detention operations
▫️The practice of placing weapons next to unarmed Afghans to justify their deaths as self-defense
▫️Destruction of evidence and data to prevent military police investigations
As of the last update, the investigation is still active, with ongoing hearings and the release of additional evidence.
The article is part of a series of ongoing Consortium News reports that critically analyze the British military's actions in Afghanistan. It's also worth mentioning that much of the testimony was kept secret due to national security concerns. The general gist and part of the testimony were made public. The main difficulty in the investigation is that the largest evidence base was almost all destroyed, and part of it was closed. Nevertheless, the investigation was able to access some of this data with independent assistance.
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The article is about an investigation into British soldiers and officers (particularly SAS) who committed war crimes against civilians during operations in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave's investigation found evidence suggesting that British special forces engaged in extrajudicial killings with a “golden pass allowing them to get away with murder”.
A specific list of War Crimes includes:
▫️Illegal killings of civilians during night raids
▫️Civilian detention operations
▫️The practice of placing weapons next to unarmed Afghans to justify their deaths as self-defense
▫️Destruction of evidence and data to prevent military police investigations
As of the last update, the investigation is still active, with ongoing hearings and the release of additional evidence.
The article is part of a series of ongoing Consortium News reports that critically analyze the British military's actions in Afghanistan. It's also worth mentioning that much of the testimony was kept secret due to national security concerns. The general gist and part of the testimony were made public. The main difficulty in the investigation is that the largest evidence base was almost all destroyed, and part of it was closed. Nevertheless, the investigation was able to access some of this data with independent assistance.
#CentralAsia #Afghanistan
📱@djumhuriyat 📱https://x.com/djumhuriyat