Troops were warned not to operate outside law

Troops in Afghanistan were warned there was ‘no excuse’ for operating outside the law, an inquiry heard today (tues). The SAS is at the centre of allegations more than 50 unlawful killings of civilians took place in war-torn Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. SAS insiders, whose motto is Who Dares Wins, first raised the alarm in 2011 after a number of raids led to prisoners being killed after they had been detained. The inquiry was launched in the wake of…