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From War Crimes to Drug-Running Claims – UK’s Special Forces’ Revered History of Honour and Heroism is in Tatters
25 Apr 2024 12:42 GMT
… the UK made by the Afghan troops who they had fought alongside …
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Afghan troops open fire at Pakistani border following deadly airstrikes
18 Mar 2024 17:37 GMT
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Special Forces Impede UK Resettlement Applications of Elite Afghan Troops
19 Feb 2024 08:58 GMT
… UK Special Forces’ blockage of Afghan troops, whom they fought alongside, from … crimes by preventing interviews with Afghan troops. These revelations underscore a troubling …
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UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
19 Feb 2024 15:44 GMT
Elite Afghan commandos who fought alongside the British military have had their applications to relocate blocked by UK special forces despite evidence that they had served alongside them in dangerous missions against the Taliban.
Documents leaked and …
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Special forces blocked UK resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
19 Feb 2024 06:16 GMT
"A large number of Triples contacted us having been rejected in 2023, despite providing ample evidence of their work with the UK Special Forces in Afghanistan and the clear, serious risks they continue to face," said Erin Alcock, a lawyer at …
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Ex-Afghan troops ‘abandoned’ by UK face deportation threat in Pakistan
12 Dec 2023 04:06 GMT
AROUND 200 Afghan special forces personnel, stranded in Pakistan while awaiting relocation to the UK, are facing deportation back to the country they escaped from in 2021, according to BBC.
The report says the personnel, trained and funded by the UK, fled …
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'Abandoned heroes': Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal'
11 Dec 2023 13:31 GMT
Approximately 200 members of Afghan special forces, who received training and financial support from the UK, are on the brink of deportation to their Taliban-controlled home country, according to a report by the BBC. These soldiers, having previously …
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Elite Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal'
11 Dec 2023 00:53 GMT
Like most of the 200 special forces soldiers, these 32 officials had applied to come to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Programme (ARAP), intended for those employed by the UK government, or who "worked in Afghanistan alongside a …
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Over 200 former Afghan troops and Officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN
22 Aug 2023 15:07 GMT
Photo: Nov. 28, 2020.A U.N. report released Tuesday reveals that over 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have occurred since the Taliban’s takeover two years ago.
According to the United Nations Assistance …
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Over 200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN
22 Aug 2023 09:48 GMT
More than 200 former Afghan soldiers and officials have been killed extrajudicially since August 2021, despite a general amnesty announced by the Taliban immediately after its takeover, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has said.
The United Nations …