Search results for ‘Kabul’
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WikiLeaks: Afghanistan political tensions exposed
Afghan President Hamid Karzai insists the leaked documents will not damage international ties as military analyst Professor Michael Clarke tells Channel 4 News that WikiLeaks has “lost the plot”.
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Afghanistan: Brits blamed for Taliban imposter
A senior aide to the Afghan President blames British intelligence officers for bringing an imposter to take part in peace negotiations under the mistaken impression he was a Taliban commander.
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Afghan leaders duped by ‘fake’ Taliban chief
A man purporting to be one of the most senior Taliban commanders – who held secret meetings with NATO and Afghan officials – was apparently a fake, according to reports in the US.
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Nato and the war in Afghanistan
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, asks what the NATO summit in Lisbon can possibly do or say about the war in Afghanistan that hasn’t already been said and done.
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Afghanistan: Russia heads back to help Nato
The Russian military may return to Afghanistan to aid Nato forces in the fight against the Taliban, 21 years after it was forced to retreat from a bloody conflict with the US-backed mujahedin.
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US General consoles Norgrove aid worker family
The head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, conveys his regrets over the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove to her family.
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US probe into aid worker’s Afghanistan death
The United States Central Command has launched an investigation into how the captive British aid worker Linda Norgrove died during a rescue attempt by US special forces in Afghanistan.
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Cameron: aid worker may have been killed by US grenade
David Cameron tells a news conference at Downing Street that aid worker Linda Norgrove “may not have died at the hands of her captors” but by a grenade detonated by her would-be rescuers.
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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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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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Mumbai-style terror plot in UK foiled
As a Mumbai-style attack on the UK is foiled, a leading counter-terror analyst tell Channel 4 News a random strike by a “couple of individuals” could cause “deep impact”.
