About 600 allegations of abuse by British forces in Afghanistan are being investigated by military police Andrew Milligan/Press AssociationThe scale of an inquiry into allegations of abuse by British forces in Afghanistan became clear last night, with a team of more than 120 military police assessing about 600 claims. The claims include a complaint by a suspected Taliban bombmaker who alleges his detention for 106 days was illegal, despite concerns among troops that the man would build devices that could be used to kill British and other coalition forces had he been released. The unit set up by the Ministry of Defence to examine the caseload is on top of an investigation into more than 1,500 allegations of…

Source: The Times September 22, 2016 02:48 UTC