Army accused of covering up almost 150 airstrikes on Taliban by unmanned drones
Source: Daily Mail
Britain was accused tonight of covering up nearly 60 per cent of airstrikes by controversial drones in Afghanistan.
Nearly 150 attacks by RAF unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Taliban fighters are 'secret and unreported', an investigation has found.
The figures were published as the senior UK officer who led Prince Harry in to battle in Helmand said UAV strikes on key insurgent commanders in Afghanistan and Pakistan made peace less likely.
In a scathing assessment of the 11-year conflict Major General Andrew Mackay, who commanded British forces in the warzone in 2007, said the mission in Afghanistan had been a 'series of misadventures and strategic blunders'.
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