Search results for ‘taliban’
834 items found
-
Afghan election: voters battle Taliban bomb threats
As Afghans brave the ballot boxes for the election amid Taliban rocket strikes, Channel 4 News’s Nick Paton Walsh says expectations are low in the wake of last year’s vote-rigging debacle.
-
Taliban attacks Nato Afghan bases
Foreign and Afghan troops have repelled Taliban attacks on two bases in east Afghanistan. The assaults are nothing new, writes Alex Thomson.
-
Taliban calls for joint civilian death inquiry
The Taliban calls on Nato and UN to join an inquiry assessing civilian deaths in Afghanistan, as sources in Kabul tell Channel 4 News the proposal could be a way of opening dialogue with insurgents.
-
Taliban: greatest guerrilla insurgency?
As the war in Afghanistan continues nine years on, author James Fergusson analyses the success of the Taliban and asks how the insurgency has managed to endure the world’s mightiest armies.
-
Living on the Afghan frontline with the Taliban
Alex Thomson blogs on a remarkable film on Channel 4 News filmed by freelancer Paul Refsdal about life on Afghanistan’s frontline with Taliban fighters.
-
Taliban view: Nato troops ‘cannot win’
Channel 4 News meets with a senior Taliban commander who says “this war cannot be won” by foreign troops as Alex Thomson examines rare footage of life on the frontline with insurgent fighters.
-
Living with the Taliban on the Afghan frontline
Channel 4 News has obtained rare film of Taliban fighters on the Afghanistan frontline as Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what it tells us about the insurgents and their tactics.
-
Taliban hunt WikiLeaks outed Afghan informers
War files: the Taliban issues a chilling warning to Afghans, alleged to have worked as informers for the Nato-led coalition, telling Channel 4 News ‘US spies” will be hunted down and punished.
-
Human bait: tracking the Taliban with the US Army
Channel 4 News cameraman Stuart Webb blogs from southern Afghanistan where he is currently embedded with the US Army. You know that game at the fair where you try to shoot down ducks with an air rifle to get a prize? Well just lately I’ve been feeling a bit like one of those ducks. I’ve…
-
Afghan files: Task Force 373 – the Taliban hunters
As the founder of WikiLeaks claims there is evidence of “war crimes” in n secret Afghan war logs, Channel 4 News analyses claims Task Force 373 appeared to botch attempts to kill al-Qaida operatives.
-
A rethink on whether to talk to the Taliban?
Jonathan Rugman blogs on reports on how Washington could be considering a change in approach over whether to talk to the Taliban about Afghanistan’s future.
-
Afghan fears over a Taliban deal
If a deal with the Taliban is agreed, what will the cost be ? International Editor Lindsey Hilsum travels to Bamiyan where women and ethnic Hazaras fear they will be the ones who pay the price.
-
Afghan embed: surrounded by Taliban territory
It’s taken six days to travel no more than 50 kilometres, but after one helicopter ride (20 mins, after a 72 hour wait), two truck journeys (30 and 20 minutes each) and three Powerpoint presentations (“Are you still listening? Do you understand that we have a plan?”), we are finally somewhere. COP Lakhokhel used to…
-
Afghan embed: waiting in a Taliban heartland
Every night so far, it’s happened at least twice. A distant thud you might just catch, followed by a screech of sirens. A rocket attack. This should come as no surprise, given how this is Kandahar airfield, from where Nato’s make or break operation to retake the Taliban’s heartland will launch. But the audacity and…
-
Bullet-proof Petraeus: will he fight the Taliban or talk to them?
Petraeus is a bullet-proof general and there should be a relatively seamless handover between McChrystal and Petraeus, but will the US public back a new approach to the Taliban, asks Sarah Smith.
