Article 75YJT Afghan president voiced concern over civilians killed by SAS troops, inquiry told

Afghan president voiced concern over civilians killed by SAS troops, inquiry told

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Dan Sabbagh
from World news | The Guardian on (#75YJT)

Newly released evidence from inquiry into 80 deaths shows Afghan partner forces no longer willing to work alongside British by 2011

Concerns about the number of Afghan civilians being killed by British special forces in the early part of the last decade prompted the country's then president to make a muscular" complaint to Nato commanders fighting the Taliban.

Newly released evidence from a public inquiry into the deaths of up to 80 people during an SAS deployment also showed that Afghan partner military forces were no longer willing to work alongside the British by the spring of 2011.

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