The point for me is that this story is one about yet another suspicious death of an individual in military custody, albeit in this instance unusual in that RAF personnel may have played some role. The follow-up investigation appears to have been cursory at best, and certainly nothing appears to have changed as a consequence. Nine years later we are still hearing reports from Afghanistan of abuses of prisoners and civilians by NATO personnel, some involving British forces.
We've got to get our act together and make it crystal clear to those involved on ops as to the bounds of their behaviour also that any such abuses will be thoroughly (and openly) investigated and prosecuted under UK or local laws. If we don't we might as well pack up and leave since we are only making the situation worse for all involved. Such incidents are pure recruiting gold for the likes of Al Qaeda.