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Where the axe may fall in the defence review
It’s not what he would have wanted. When the Coalition Government announced a strategic defence and security review would be carried out, David Cameron would have been hoping for an easier ride.
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Fallen hero Lt Mark Evison: 'Golden hour' neglected
Margaret Evison is as pretty far removed from the tub-thumping anti-war campaigning Mother. She would have great sympathy for such women – it’s just that she’s not one of them. She supports the Afghanistan war. Though having just returned from a trip to Kabul and the Panshjir Valley with the veteran reporter Sandy Gall, her…
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Lt Mark Evison death, a grieving mother’s story
Lt Mark Evison’s mother Margaret Evison explains to Channel 4 News that she wants Mark’s story to help British soldiers receive the vital equipment they need to fight in the Afghanistan war.
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Fox: MoD cuts will not be easy
Cuts to defence are unavoidable, Liam Fox says, but the Trident nuclear deterrent will go ahead and veterans will get more support – a “welcome, albeit small, step”, one charity tells Channel 4 News.
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Afghanistan war video: see how my son died
Exclusive: the mother of British officer Mark Evison killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan tells Channel 4 News she wants the world to see the video showing the moments leading up to her son’s death.
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Afghanistan war: Evison and medics linked by blood
Exclusive: Lt Mark Evison underwent hours of emergency surgery at Camp Bastion on 9 May 2009, receiving 42 pints of blood. Written by his nurses, Channel 4 News publishes the Bastion hospital diaries.
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Afghanistan war diaries reveal Evison’s kit warnings
Just 28 days before Lt Mark Evison died he wrote a diary in which he vented frustrations and concerns over equipment shortages in the Afghanistan War. In his own words, this is Mark’s story.
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Afghanistan war: Rupert Thorneloe tribute to Mark Evison
Exclusive: Channel 4 News publishes a letter written to Lt Evison’s mother by his commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the highest ranking soldier to die in the Afghanistan war.
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Militants attack Nato fuel tankers
The Taliban pledges to attack more Nato fuel tankers after gunmen burn 13 vehicles and kill three people taking supplies to coalition troops in Afghanistan.
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Can RAF’s high-tech systems survive the cuts?
The RAF has been showing off its high-tech capabilities. But, asks Tim Lambon, can they survive the inevitable cuts of the strategic defence review?
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Armed forces honoured for Afghan bravery
131 members of the armed forces are being honoured for incredible bravery and selfless courage in Afghanistan. The awards recognise operations from October 2009 to 31 March 2010.
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Still struggling to meet the Afghanistan challenge
Nearly a decade after NATO soldiers arrived in Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, Alex Thomson analyses how the security challenge remains tough.
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Can US forces succeed in violent Sangin?
As UK troops handover to British forces in Afghanistan’s Sangin, Nick Paton Walsh asks whether they will be able to succeed in the difficult area.
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Sangin pull out: British forces not ‘running away’
The handover of Sangin from British forces to the US is a tactical decision, and should not be construed as “running away”, Conservative MP and former soldier Patrick Mercer tells Channel 4 News.
