Afghanistan - Report of Molestation by British Troops Is Being Investigated - NYTimes.com The British Defense Ministry said Wednesday that the Royal Military Police had begun an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by two servicemen in Afghanistan after a report of child abuse. The British newspaper The Sun reported that the two servicemen had been questioned about claims that they had encouraged a boy and girl, both about 10, to "touch them through their clothes." The servicemen are accused of filming the children and showing the images on laptop computers to other soldiers who alerted the military authorities, the newspaper reported.