The Ministry of Defence has been accused of having a 'culture of secrecy, self-protection, deference and defensiveness' when it came to allegations.
civilians while senior military personnel sought to stymie an investigation into them, an inquiry has heard.
The probe will look at allegations that "numerous" killings were carried out, as well as the alleged cover-up of illegal activity and inadequate investigations by the Royal Military Police .Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan “In other words, so we are absolutely clear, evidence suggesting that they were conducting a campaign of murder – not only a crime in domestic law but a war crime amounting to a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions.
Mr Hermer said Afghan families had been thwarted "by a culture of secrecy, self-protection, deference and defensiveness; by delays in investigation and by failures to pursue critical lines of inquiry; and by the apparent concealment and destruction of relevant evidence."
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