Senior judge launches independent inquiry to probe whether UK military police covered up or did not properly probe allegations of unlawful killings by British forces in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013
FILE - Britain ended all combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014, although a small number of troops stayed to train Afghan security forces until 2021.
Britain's government ordered the inquiry after lawyers brought legal challenges on behalf of the families of eight Afghans who were allegedly killed by British special forces during nighttime raids in 2011 and 2012. "It is clearly important that anyone who has broken the law is referred to the relevant authorities for investigation. Equally, those who have done nothing wrong should rightly have the cloud of suspicion lifted from them," Haddon-Cave said. The inquiry into two separate incidents will also review whether the deaths "formed part of a wider pattern of extra-judicial killings by British armed forces in Afghanistan at the time.
Haddon-Cave said many hearings would have to be held behind closed doors for national security reasons.
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