Overview

• Sir Ben Wallace is under investigation for his handling of allegations that SAS forces killed up to 80 Afghan civilians during night raids.
• Wallace received a 2019 memo suggesting the allegations were 'broadly accurate' but delayed ordering a public inquiry until four years later.
• Former veterans' minister Johnny Mercer accused Wallace of not doing enough to investigate the claims, a charge Wallace vehemently denies.
• The inquiry is examining whether a special forces unit had a policy of executing non-threatening males of 'fighting age' between 2010 and 2013.
• Two Royal Military Police investigations into the allegations, Operations Northmoor and Cestro, resulted in no prosecutions.