Rory Tinman

2 months ago | bbc.com | Hannah O'Grady |Joel Gunter |Rory Tinman

The Triples - so-called because their designations were CF 333 and ATF 444 - were set up, trained, and paid by UK Special Forces and supported the SAS and SBS on operations in Afghanistan. When the country fell to the Taliban in 2021, they were judged to be in grave danger of reprisal and were entitled to apply for resettlement to the UK. The inquiry has the power to compel witnesses who are in the UK, but not non-UK nationals who are overseas.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Hannah O'Grady |Joel Gunter |Rory Tinman

UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time. UK Special Forces officers appear to have rejected every application from a former Afghan commando referred to them for sponsorship, despite the Afghan units having fought with the British on life-threatening missions against the Taliban.