Calls for UK to investigate possible war crimes in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission wants UK to follow Australian inquiry

The UK government should establish an independent inquiry to review and investigate any allegation of unlawful killings by British special forces in Afghanistan, the country's Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said.

The commission made the call after extraordinary allegations of murder and torture of Afghans were uncovered by an exhaustive four-year inquiry into Australian special forces operations in Afghanistan.