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At least 54 Afghans were killed by British special forces in suspicious circumstances during the 2010-11 Helmand tour.

A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour.

At least 63 people have died in flash floods caused by heavy rain in several provinces of Afghanistan in the past week, officials said on Tuesday. Eighty-one others were injured in the floods which happened in 12 provinces of the country, said Ghulam Ghaws Naseri, acting minister of state for disaster management. According to the

General sir mark carleton—smith, who stepped down as head of the army last month, became head of special forces in 2012. 0ur evidence suggests he, too, failed to disclose the information about war crimes. he did not respond to our questions and the ministry of defence said it can't comment for legal reasons. today, the mod said... but military investigators, who worked on the main investigation into war crimes in afghanistan, have told us that they were stopped from getting to the truth. it became increasingly clear to me that it didn't matter what evidence we were able to gather. these case...

<strong>Editorial:</strong> The elite soldiers of the British army cannot be allowed to escape the laws of war