Ben Wallace says he did not 'ignore' SAS war crimes claims
A former Defence Secretary has strenuously denied claims by a political rival that he was told about SAS war crimes in ...
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BBC report on unlawful SAS killings 'broadly accurate', MoD concluded
Former-defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace appeared at an inquiry investigating allegations the SAS carried out unlawful killings in Afghanistan Ministry of Defence officials concluded privately in ...
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Afghanistan: Who originally supported Trump's deal with the Taliban?
US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sign the peace agreement in February 2020 Defence Secretary Ben Wallace claimed on Thursday morning ...
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Ben Wallace knew about SAS killings of Afghans in 2019, inquiry told
Sir Ben Wallace knew that allegations about the killings ... The Independent Inquiry Relating to Afghanistan is investigating claims that up to 80 civilians were killed in suspicious circumstances ...
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Wallace rejects claims he ‘lacked curiosity’ over alleged special forces murders
Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace giving evidence to the inquiry at the Royal ... when responding to allegations of a cover-up of special forces murders in Afghanistan. Mr Mercer wrote to Sir ...
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Minister says he tried and failed to disprove alleged SAS war crimes
The Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan, external ... he was asked by then-defence minister Ben Wallace to "get to the bottom" of rumours swirling within the military that the SAS had ...
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Ben Wallace
SIR Ben said it was indefensible after a fellow officer raised the alarm about over 50 killings in Afghanistan. ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 679215 Registered office: 1 London ...
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The Taliban could shut Kabul airport if Biden extends the troop withdrawal past August 31, UK defense secretary warns
The Taliban could force Kabul 's airport to close if President Joe Biden extends his August 31 deadline for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned. Biden is ...
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Afghanistan: Details of another MoD data breach emerge
The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, told the House of Commons this ... The email was sent to interpreters who remain in Afghanistan or have been able to reach other countries.
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UK defense secretary says that Trump's deal with the Taliban was 'rotten' and that the international community will likely 'pay the consequences'
"At the time of the Trump deal with, obviously, the Taliban, I felt that that was a mistake to have done it that way," said Ben Wallace ... the government of Afghanistan, and now we're in this ...
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BBC report on unlawful SAS killings 'broadly accurate', MoD concluded
The letter, from a senior MoD official to then-defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace, was one of several internal documents cited on Monday at the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan.