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That’s how it rolls on ‘Taliban Street’
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on his unexpected encounter with a Taliban “big beast”.
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Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on his unexpected encounter with a Taliban “big beast”.
A video published on the internet, showing what appear to be US forces in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters, is to be investigated by the Marine Corps.
Days after reports of tentative negotiations between the US and the Taliban, Channel 4 News learns of a probable deal between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban to fight under one banner, for one aim.
Senior Pakistani security officials and Taliban sources say four of the seven militants killed in a drone attack on Thursday in north Waziristan’s Shawal valley were British nationals.
A US drone strike in Pakistan has killed five commanders of a powerful Taliban faction which attacks western forces in Afghanistan, according to one of the group’s leaders.
After Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination in Afghanistan, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben de Pear says “there were few bigger targets for the Taliban”.
Former Taliban fighter Munir Farooqi, who tried to recruit British Muslims for the Afghan Taliban, was today jailed for life after being caught by undercover police.
As the Taliban leader issues a statement to mark the end of Ramadan, Channel 4 News’ Head of Foreign News Ben De Pear examines whether it may be finally possible to talk with the Taliban.
The Taliban denies reports that its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has been killed as British troops hand over control of a key city in Afghanistan to local forces.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai, a half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan.
The man in charge of the UN’s al-Qaeda-Taliban Monitoring Team says that creating separate sanction blacklists could make it easier for Afghan leaders to engage the Taliban in the political process.
As the United States and the United Kingdom contemplate further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, any negotiated settlement is likely to involve more contact with the Taliban.
The US is in contact with the Taliban about a possible peace deal in Afghanistan according to Hamid Karzai. Earlier this year the Afghan President told Channel 4 News “contacts had been made”.
Pakistan Taliban leaders warn Channel 4 News that their fighters will seek to avenge the death of their leader, Ilyas Kashmiri, upon Pakistan and US targets.
A senior Pakistan Taliban leader confirms to Channel 4 News that their leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed by a US drone strike, but denied any involvement in recent Pakistan attacks.