KABUL (Pajhwok): A BBC investigation has alleged that British special forces killed dozens of detainees in suspicious circumstances during counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan.
Commandos in Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps killed at least 54 Afghans in suspicious circumstances but the military chain of command concealed concerns, a BBC investigation said on Tuesday.
Unarmed Afghan men were routinely shot dead “in cold blood” by SAS troops during nighttime raids during the long war, and weapons were planted on them to justify the crimes, the four-year probe found.
Senior officers including General Mark Carleton-Smith, who headed . . .
