AN INDEPENDENT inquiry has been set up to investigate alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

The Independent Statutory Inquiry is investigating alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces in Afghanistan during the period from mid-2010 to mid-2013.

The BBC's Panorama previously reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour of Afghanistan, where soldiers were tasked with targeting Taliban leaders and bomb-making networks in 2010-11 in a programme aired in July 22.

Panorama claimed that senior officers did not report the alleged murders and did not disclose the evidence held by UK Special Forces to the military police.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said at the time that it believed the Panorama programme “jumps to unjustified conclusions from allegations that have already been fully investigated”, but that it was open to considering new evidence.

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The allegations being dealt with by the inquiry are that extra-judicial killings were carried out in Afghanistan by British Armed Forces during this period, that these were covered up, and that investigations carried out by the Royal Military Police were inadequate, an inquiry spokesperson said.

"It is vital to examine these allegations thoroughly in order to restore the reputation of our Armed Forces," the spokesperson said.

The Chair, Lord Justice Charles Haddon-Cave, is urging anyone who might have information relevant to the Inquiry’s investigations, including all members (serving or retired) of all UK military organisations, to get in touch with the inquiry as soon as possible.

The inquiry is entirely independent of Government and the MOD.

You can contact the Inquiry team directly, securely, and confidentially on enquiries@iia.independent-inquiry.uk or on one of the other confidential secure methods explained on the inquiry website: https://www.iia.independent-inquiry.uk/contact-us/