SAS troops accused of war crimes not referred to police over morale fears, inquiry hears 11 hours ago Joel Gunter, Hannah O'Grady & Rory Tinman BBC The SAS carried out night raids with Afghan special forces during the conflict A former chief of staff of UK Special Forces has told a public inquiry he believed war crimes allegations against the SAS were not referred to military police out of concern an investigation could disrupt operations and negatively affect morale. The officer, the second highest ranking in special forces at the time, said another factor in the decision was that evidence had in part come via a rival special forces regiment. The decision meant that military police did not learn for years of special forces concerns that the SAS was carrying out extra-judicial killings and submitting falsified reports. The testimony came from closed-door evidence to the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan .…