Reform UK should clarify a potentially far-reaching proposal to give members of the Armed Forces immunity from prosecution for actions taken during combat operations.

The proposal has now been stated more than once by Reform's Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf and published on Reform UK's own website. In the absence of specific defence or legal affairs spokespeople for the party,

Afghans who worked with UK forces were wrongly refused relocation and left facing years of danger, delay and uncertainty, according to the House of Commons Defence Committee.

The Defence Committee’s report into the Afghan data breach makes sobering reading. The accidental disclosure of personal details relating to thousands of Afghans who had supported UK forces was a serious failure with

The Afghanistan Inquiry has released further witness statements and transcripts.

The fullest media report at the time of writing is by Tom Ball in The Times - SAS called me Taliban apologist, officer tells Afghanistan inquiry.

Allegations involving British or allied forces in Afghanistan are inevitably highly sensitive and controversial, including for BAFF itself.

Strong differences of opinion inevitably

The Chair of the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan has granted Core Participant status to five individuals "who held command roles or senior positions within UK Special Forces between mid-2010 and mid-2013."

Lord Justice Haddon-Cave's decision was announced on the Inquiry website on 20 May.

Under the inquiry rules, Core Participant ("CP") status is only granted with consent of the individual,

According to an independent report commissioned by the Afghanistan Inquiry, there were 'serious failings' in a Royal Military Police (RMP) inquiry into allegations arising from operations in Afghanistan.

The report by the former Chief Constable of Kent Police, Alan Pughsley QPM examined two RMP investigations: Operation NORTHMOOR and Operation CESTRO. Both concerned allegations that UK Special Forces (UKSF) had unlawfully killed