your role and experience in afghanistan entailed? i was a olitical afghanistan entailed? i was a political officer. afghanistan entailed? i was a political officer. in afghanistan entailed? i was a political officer. in fact, - afghanistan entailed? i was a political officer. in fact, i- afghanistan entailed? i was a political officer. in fact, iwasj political officer. in fact, i was the first political officer in the british military, and myjob was to build relationships with tribal leaders and drugs laws, and all the rest of it, so that we could understand, we the british could understand, we the british could understand better afghan society. and what is your reaction to this evidence that has been uncovered? well, i never saw any illegal activity whilst i was in afghanistan, clearly, otherwise i would have reported it. however, i am not surprised when i read in detail the panorama allegations. the reason i m not surprised is because uk special forces were incredibly cavalier in
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the investigation. it became increasingly clear it didn t matter what evidence we were able to gather, these cases were never going to be allowed to go to court. the ministry of defence says military police will consider any allegations, should new evidence come to light. some believe it is time to look again at the behaviour of sas death squads that arrived in the night. richard bilton, bbc news. i m nowjoined by dr mike martin, who was a british army officer in afghanistan and is now a war studies fellow at kings college london. thank you forjoining us. first of all, if you could just give us a briefly a bit of background on what your role and experience in afghanistan entailed? i