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UK Begins Probe into Claims of Unlawful Killings by its Troops in Afghanistan

22nd March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: The investigation into claims of unlawful killing by UK soldiers is about to get underway. As the investigation begins on Wednesday, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, the chair of the inquiry, is anticipated to request documentation of criminal activities in the war-torn country between 2010 and 2013. During his opening remarks, Cave is anticipated to call

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: War Crime |
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Female footballers who fled Afghanistan in 2021 criticise BBC’s ‘false footballers’ article

18th March, 2023 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Female football players who fled Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021 are criticising a recent BBC article which has labelled some of those evacuated as “false footballers”. The investigation by BBC Newsnight said some of the descriptions of UK visa applicants as national players or members of a regional

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Asylum, Escape from the Taliban |
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Thousands of Afghans who helped British forces ‘remain stranded by UK’

10th February, 2023 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Several thousand Afghans who helped British forces before the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 remain stranded and at risk from the Taliban because of failures of the government’s settlement schemes, according to a damning report by MPs. The defence select committee’s report urged the government to set out what action it is

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Escape from the Taliban |
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Anas Haqqani to Prince Harry: ‘History will remember your atrocities’

6th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban], condemning UK Prince Harry’s statement on killing people during his mission in Afghanistan, said that those who were killed were not “chess pieces” but they were humans. In his memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex has said that he killed 25

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, History, Taliban | Tags: Anas Haqqani |
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Prince Harry reveals that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan

5th January, 2023 · admin

The Telegraph (UK): Prince Harry has disclosed that he killed 25 people in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. In his autobiography, Spare, the Duke of Sussex says he flew on six missions that resulted in “the taking of human lives”, something of which he says

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, History, Taliban |
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Inquiry launched into claims SAS soldiers killed Afghan civilians

15th December, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made after years of reports that elite British troops killed civilians in cold blood. In a statement to the House of Commons, Andrew Murrison, the minister for defence people, said

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Helmand, War Crime |
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Iran envoy lambasts US destructive role in Afghanistan

5th December, 2022 · admin

Mehr News Agency December 5, 2022 Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan slammed the US’ destructive role in creating instability in Afghanistan, calling for the formation of a government with the participation of all Afghan ethnicities. Saying that the CIA is still active in Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi told in a TV program that

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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UK aid to Afghanistan entrenched corruption and injustice, report finds

24th November, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): The review finds the sheer scale of the aid resources funnelled through central state institutions was distorting. The Afghan state spent approximately $11bn each year, but raised only $2.5bn of its own resources, the report finds. Echoing previous studies it suggests it would have taken 35 years for the state to become

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Corruption, Economic News, History | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government |
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UK army killed 64 children in Afghanistan between 2006-14: Report

9th November, 2022 · admin

Al Jazeera: British forces have paid compensation for the deaths of 64 children in Afghanistan, a toll four times higher than the 16 child deaths publicly acknowledged by the Ministry of Defence, according to a new report. Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a United Kingdom-based charity, found that the British government paid, on average, £1,656

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Posted in Afghan Children, Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights | Tags: War Crime |
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Taliban marks Afghanistan’s Independence Day

19th August, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Marking 103 years of independence from Britain, Mullah Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, acting defense minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban], on Friday warned against efforts to divide Afghans. “They are trying to divide us along regional, religious and linguistic lines and cause infighting among ourselves so that they achieve their evil goals.

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, History, Taliban | Tags: Amanullah Khan, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob |
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