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Kabul: The former director general of military affairs in the British government, who previously acknowledged war crimes by the country’s soldiers in Afghanistan, has been given a ten-day deadline to substantiate this assertion. Failure to provide the names and requisite information to the investigation committee within the stipulated timeframe will result in imprisonment.
On Tuesday, March 26th, British media outlets reported that Johnny Mercer, after his assertion concerning the deaths of Afghan civilians by British forces in Afghanistan, has been instructed to disclose the identities of individuals who supplied him with this information.
The matter of “killing of Afghan civilians by British special forces in Afghanistan” has been a contentious subject in the media of both countries over the past two years. Despite separate investigations to substantiate or refute these allegations, the British government has not officially acknowledged them.
According to Johnny Mercer’s assertion, British forces were allegedly instructed to carry unregistered weapons, not associated with NATO forces, to place them beside unarmed Afghan individuals they had killed.
Mercer has chosen not to disclose the identities of his sources, stating that their names will remain confidential. However, the public inquiry team in Britain, investigating the alleged massacre of Afghan civilians by British special forces, has directed Mercer to provide all the names of his sources to the team by April 5th of this year. Failure to comply may result in imprisonment.
