Newly published evidence presented to the Afghanistan Inquiry contains allegations from multiple witnesses of prisoner abuse, intimidation and a culture of exceptionalism within UK Special Forces, although the Inquiry has yet to reach any findings.
‘They did it for fun’: witness describes alleged prisoner abuse by UK SAS to Afghanistan Inquiry
Britain’s Army faces a reckoning over decades of alleged sexual abuse
Police are investigating claims that Army medical examiners sexually abused recruits between 1970 and 2016, in what could become Britain’s largest military sex abuse scandal.
A Warrant in Nanyuki: Britain’s Reckoning over Agnes Wanjiru
A Kenyan court has issued an arrest warrant for a former British soldier over the 2012 killing of Agnes Wanjiru, highlighting long-standing concerns about impunity and misconduct linked to Britain’s overseas deployments.
Soldiers in Kenya still paying for sex despite ban, British Army inquiry finds
A British Army inquiry has found that some soldiers at its Kenya training base continue to pay for sex despite a 2022 ban, prompting new disciplinary measures and renewed scrutiny over past misconduct.
UK military justice: a system in crisis?
AOAV exposes systemic failures in the UK military justice system – ones marked by low conviction rates, lenient sentencing, political interference, and lack of accountability – failures that undermine fairness, erode trust, and demand urgent reform.
When the Army’s former welfare chief turns stalker: what one Colonel’s crimes reveal about military culture
A former senior British Army officer responsible for personnel welfare has been sentenced for stalking his ex-partner, exposing deeper cultural failures in the military’s treatment of women.
“A golden pass to get away with murder”: British soldier N2107 alleges systemic failures in UK Special Forces
Testimony from N2107 to the Independent Afghanistan Inquiry revealed allegations of extrajudicial killings by UKSF1, fabricated evidence, leadership failures, and a “golden pass” culture that allowed misconduct to persist unchecked during operations in Afghanistan.
Senior UK officer N1785’s testimony reveals Special Forces leadership failures and fabricated evidence in Afghanistan
Testimony from senior officer N1785 to the Independent Afghanistan Inquiry revealed systemic failures within the SAS, including extrajudicial killings, fabricated evidence, and a pervasive “code of silence” that protected misconduct during operations in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013.
Uncovering alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan: this crucial investigation continues to shock
Allegations of SAS war crimes in Afghanistan investigated amidst claims of military misconduct and unlawful killings, prompting an independent inquiry and global scrutiny.
What is going wrong with the SAS?
The SAS, once celebrated for heroic figures like WWII veteran Major Mike Sadler, now faces severe scrutiny due to accusations of war crimes and misconduct, indicating a significant departure from its esteemed origins to a controversial present.