The Veterans Minister raised concerns with Ben Wallace on the decisions to shut down an investigation into UK special forces and war crimes in Afghanistan.
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they have confirmed that special forces are at the centre of a world crimson priority. for the first time that special forces are at the centre of a war crimes inquiry. it s after the m 0 d on wednesday abandoned an effort to restrict any mention of special forces involvement in alleged war crimes in afghanistan. and it follows years of reporting in alleged unlawful killings by the country s elite fighting force, the sas. let s bring in our reporterjoel gunter, he s been following this story take us through what is happened to the change that is up in today s. in a surprise move, the defence secretary announced that they were abandoning their customary neither confirm or deny policy and the involvement of uk special forces in these rates that are at the heart of these rates that are at the heart of the public inquiry because those reds generated accusations of war
been mostly ministry of defence decided to abandon their customary neither confirm nor deny policy with regards to the involvement of the uk special forces in these controversial rates which are not being examined by this public inquiry. so, that is significant in the public inquiry goes on and we can now report publicly the uk special forces were in afghanistan and were taking part in these rates. what happens next in this inquiry? as you said, these hearings will continue in tomorrow between the ministry of defence for media organisations including the bbc in the brief families of the lawyers for the brief families save the ministry of defence is still asking for very far reaching and unreasonable restrictions in this inquiry. for example, asking that all witness testimony be held anonymously and in and closed hearings, thejudgment from anonymously and in and closed hearings, the judgment from the chair exactly what evidence in this