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A new investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has revealed that the commandos in Britain's elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps killed at least 54 Afghans in suspicious circumstances. The scathing report has shed light that the military chain of command concealed concerns about these killings. The four-year probe found that unarmed Afghan men were routinely shot dead "in cold blood" by SAS troops during night-time raids during the long war. Not only this, the report states that weapons were planted on them to justify the heinous crimes.

Several warnings were relayed up the chain of command, the BBC said.

The evidence brought to light by BBC Panorama of alleged widespread unlawful killings by special forces in the...

SAS soldiers in Afghanistan killed dozens of detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances, according to a BBC investigation. The broadcaster reports that military files suggest one unit may have unlawfully killed 54 people. And the BBC found evidence suggesting the former head of special forces failed to pass on evidence to a murder inquiry. It […]

New evidence suggests one squadron may have unlawfully killed 54 Afghans in six months