General Gavin Jenkins was appointed by former prime minister Rishi Sonak in April, also barring Sir Tim Barrow from becoming the UK’s ambassador to the US
Dr. Akhtar Gulfam Director News Dawn TV + Editor-in-chief Daily Dawn
LONDON: The British government has suspended the appointment as national security adviser of a former general involved in the cover-up of Special Air Service (SAS) war crimes in Afghanistan.
General Gwen Jenkins was appointed by former prime minister Rishi Sonak in April, months before the July general election in which his ruling Conservative Party was overwhelmingly defeated by the Labor Party.
The Times newspaper reported that the current prime minister of Great Britain, Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labor Party, has canceled the appointment of Jenkins, the former deputy chief of the armed forces.
Keir Starmer previously blocked current National Security Adviser Sir Tim Barrow from becoming Britain’s ambassador to the US, an appointment also made by former prime minister Rishi Sonik.
When General Gwen Jenkins was appointed in April, she faced a range of questions, including how much she knew about executions carried out by members of Britain’s elite special forces during the war in Afghanistan.
A high-level inquiry has revealed that Britain’s elite Special Forces (SAS) were involved in ‘extrajudicial killings’ during the war.
Richard Hermer QC represented the families of the Afghan victims at the inquiry and is now the government’s chief legal adviser.
During the investigation, Richard Hermer gave his opening statement, calling General Gwen Jenkins ‘N 1785’ without revealing his name.
The former general’s identity became public when he was named in a BBC documentary ‘Panorama’ last year.
