SAS personnel refuse to testify at Afghanistan war crimes inquiry

LONDON: A judge said that numerous members of the UK special forces who were asked to contribute to an inquiry into alleged extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan had refused to cooperate. During a public hearing on Monday, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, leading the inquiry, said several notices were sent to individuals from the Special Air Service concerning more than 50 cases of alleged summary killings, and allegations that illegal activity had been covered up or not properly pursued by the Royal M