our correspondent, joel gunter has more details.background is during the time that british forces were fighting in afghanistan, special forces units were carrying out raids on hundreds of homes and villages. those raids have now come under scrutiny because of allegations that the special forces units murdered unarmed people and civilians, as you said. bbc panorama revealed that one sas unit killed 5a people in suspicious circumstances in just one six month tour. that reporting led to calls for a public inquiry, which is now under way to examine these underlying allegations of war crimes. in an unexpected reversal today, the ministry of defence, as you said, confirmed for the first time that uk special forces were involved in these raids that are now being scrutinised. but the ministry of defence is still asking for widespread reporting restrictions on the public inquiry. lawyers for the bereaved families and for the bbc and four other media organisations are calling for as much of this key evidence to the inquiry as possible to be h

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