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Scots soldiers escape Taliban 'souvenir' charges

No charges are to be brought against three British service personnel who were accused of keeping body parts of dead Taliban fighters as "souvenirs".

It was originally reported that the allegations were made against one soldier from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, but it emerged from a freedom of information request that the investigation surrounded three individuals.

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