The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were one of several regiments deployed to Helmand
The Ministry of Defence is investigating claims that a soldier sliced fingers off dead Taliban fighters to keep as souvenirs.
It is understood the allegations relate to a soldier from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who was serving in Afghanistan.
The claims centre around the regiment's last tour of duty in the country.
It was deployed in Helmand from September 2010 until April this year, tasked with training Afghan police.
Soldiers from the regiment are recruited in Scotland but based in Canterbury, in Kent.
The Ministry of Defence would not be drawn or whether the
soldier in question had been suspended pending the investigation's
findings.
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