Alex Thomson
Memories of Sangin as British forces return to help fight Taliban
Just over a year after British combat forces left Afghanistan, they are back, as the Taliban threaten to take the strategic town of Sangin.
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Boris Johnson avoids Heathrow vote
It comes to something when Kabul is a safe port in a political storm. Yet the Afghan capital was where Boris Johnson flew today, in order to avoid a crucial Commons vote on Heathrow’s third runway, which could have seen him forced to resign. Mr Johnson, who famously vowed to lie in front of a…
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Home Office accused of ignoring court order to return Afghan refugee to UK
The Home Office has been accused of ignoring a last-minute court order to return an Afghan deportee to the UK. News of the ruling came through as Samim Bigzad was waiting in Turkey for a connecting flight to Kabul, but he was put on the plane to Afghanistan anyway.
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FactCheck: how corrupt are Nigeria and Afghanistan?
Are Nigeria and Afghanistan really “fantastically corrupt”? Are Britain’s hands clean when it comes to fighting corruption?
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Taliban defiant as battle for Sangin rages
The Islamist group says Britain has made a “stupid decision” by sending troops back to Helmand province as its fighters battle Afghan forces for control of the strategic town of Sangin.
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Alex Thomson
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Earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, scores killed
A powerful earthquake has killed scores of people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan and officials expect the number of deaths to increase.
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Afghanistan hospital hit by air strikes
Frantic staff from Medecins Sans Frontiers say they phoned Nato officials in Washington and Kabul for a full hour – as bombs rained down on their hospital in Afghanistan.
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Alex Thomson
Kunduz: a military, strategic and political disaster
The Taliban takeover of Kunduz is proof the Afghan National Army cannot manage alone despite the billions of dollars the west throws at it.
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Europe’s migration crisis: what we know so far
Is this really the biggest refugee crisis since 1945? What are the facts behind the headlines?
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Mullah Omar: Taliban leader’s death confirmed
The office of the Afghan president confirms in a statement that the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Omar, died two years ago.
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Taliban bomb attack strikes Afghan parliament
The Taliban attacks the symbolic heart of Afghanistan’s fragile new democracy as the new defence minister is sworn in.
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Terrorism: which cities are most at risk?
People are more likely to experience terrorism in Baghdad than in any other city in the world, while Bristol is ranked at higher risk than London, according to a new report.
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Afghan women: change worth fighting to preserve
As Nato withdraws from Afghanistan, women fear slipping back to a world that left them vulnerable without the protection of foreign troops in the country. But some are eager to shape a new future.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki: time to step up the war in Syria
It’s startling to hear someone advocate all out warfare: no negotiations with Iran, a campaign to defeat Assad by military means, faith in a “moderate” opposition.
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Alex Thomson
Afghans fear history will be repeated as western involvement ends
Across swathes of Afghanistan, many Afghans already know the game is over – and what law and order they may enjoy is at the dispensation of the armed insurgent warlords.
