A United Kingdom Special Forces officer rejected the asylum applications of 1,585 Afghan soldiers who may have witnessed war crimes committed by British troops.
According to court documents, the officer rejected every bid by Afghan commandos, known as Triples, despite these troops facing reprisals by the Taliban for fighting with the British.
Some of these Afghan commandos have been killed since the Islamists toppled the Western-supported government in Kabul in August 2021.
Their applications were rejected in 2023 just months before a High Court inquiry into allegations of an SAS shoot to kill policy in Afghanistan began hearing evidence.
The probe is looking into claims the SAS murdered 80 or more Afghan captives on night raids between 2010 and 2013.
