British whistleblower given 10-day deadline in Afghanistan war crimes case
Johnny Mercer, the former Minister for Veterans Affairs in the UK government, who had previously acknowledged war crimes committed by soldiers of this country in Afghanistan, has been given a ten-day deadline to substantiate this claim. He will face imprisonment if he fails to provide the necessary names and information to the investigation team within […]
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Johnny Mercer, the former Minister for Veterans Affairs in the UK government, who had previously acknowledged war crimes committed by soldiers of this country in Afghanistan, has been given a ten-day deadline to substantiate this claim. He will face imprisonment if he fails to provide the necessary names and information to the investigation team within the specified time.
British media reported on Tuesday, March 26th, that Johnny Mercer, following his claim regarding the killing of Afghan civilians by British forces in Afghanistan, has received an order to reveal the identities of those who provided him with this information.
BBC reported that a “public inquiry” commissioned by the UK government regarding the performance of its forces in Afghanistan has instructed Mr. Mercer to “disclose the names of individuals who ‘leaked’ information to him regarding allegations of war crimes and cover-ups by special forces in Afghanistan, or else he may face imprisonment.”
The issue of the “killing of Afghan civilians by British special forces in Afghanistan” has been a heated topic in the media of both countries for the past two years. Since then, separate investigations have been conducted to prove or refute these claims, but the British government has not officially confirmed it.
Johnny Mercer, who himself had military missions in Afghanistan, told the court earlier this month that despite the information he has, he cannot confirm the killing of Afghan civilians by British forces during their mission in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013.
He also stated in court that the claim that British soldiers in Afghanistan killed unarmed civilians while they were asleep is not inconsistent with his investigations, but admitted he does not want to believe the claim.
According to his claim, “British forces were asked to carry an unregistered weapon (a weapon not associated with NATO forces) so they could place it next to the unarmed Afghan individual they had killed.”
Johnny Mercer refrained from disclosing the identities of his sources who provided him with this information and added that their names “will remain confidential.”
Now, the public inquiry team in Britain, working on the case of the massacre of Afghan civilians by the special forces of this country, has instructed Johnny Mercer to ultimately share all the names of his sources with this team by April 5th of this year, or else he will face imprisonment.
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