Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

(asked on 4th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many investigations have (a) been launched, (b) completed and (c) led to prosecutions by Service Police and the Service Prosecuting Authority into allegations against British personnel in Afghanistan since the closure of Operation Northmoor.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 7th July 2022

Since the closure of Operation Northmoor, a total of 52 investigations have been launched by the Service Police into allegations against British personnel in Afghanistan. All 52 investigations have been completed, none of which have led to prosecutions by the Service Prosecuting Authority.

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