- The High Court has heard that British service personnel may face criminal prosecution for serious offences, including murder and manslaughter, committed in Afghanistan.
- Material identified by the Ministry of Defence was passed to the Defence Serious Crime Command, though a military police investigation has been paused pending the Afghanistan Inquiry.
- A senior military officer, known as Witness IIA126, is taking legal action against the inquiry for withholding restricted evidence from him and his legal team.
- The officer's lawyer argued that preventing access to details surrounding alleged unlawful killings fails to meet basic standards of procedural fairness.
- Lawyers representing the inquiry and families of 16 Afghan victims defended the secrecy measures, stating they were necessary to protect witnesses who feared reprisal.
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