Britain’s Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has called for an immediate investigation into claims by British media about unlawful killings by special British forces in Afghanistan.
“Members of Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) are alleged to have covered up evidence that they killed unarmed Afghan civilians in cold blood and falsified mission reports in a potential war crimes scandal that the government has tried to keep secret,” wrote The Sunday Times in a recent report.
“Senior military police and defence sources with a detailed knowledge of the investigation have said that evidence gathered of war crimes by the SAS is ‘credible,’” it added.
Corbyn said on Sunday that the allegations had to be investigated in an independent inquiry.
The Labour leader emphasized that the “strong evidence” published by The Sunday Times raised the urgency for a prompt investigation.
“The allegations of unlawful killings and war crimes in…