A probe into "alleged unlawful activity" by SAS troops in Afghanistan will begin early next year, the Government announced today.
Bereaved families welcomed the "unprecedented" inquiry into claims of extrajudicial killings by the Who Dares Wins regiment.
Defence Minister Andrew Murrison told the Commons the investigation would focus on “alleged unlawful activity by British armed forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan in the period mid-2010 to mid-2013."