The Ministry of Defense last night accused the BBC of endangering troops ahead of the release of an investigation alleging that British special forces killed hundreds of people in night raids on Afghanistan.
A Panorama The investigation that will be shown tonight will cite new evidence, including witnesses who claim to have seen cold-blooded Afghans unarmed during the war. The SAS said they were insurgents posing an imminent threat, according to the BBC, which questions whether some of the shootings were summary murders.
The episode, SAS Death Squads Exposed: A British War Crime?, examines a series of raids in which people were shot dead after surrendering to British troops. The exact nature of the allegations is unclear, with the BBC planning