Afghanistan looms large over White House talks
Gary Gibbon looks ahead to tomorrow’s white House meeting between Barack Obama and David Cameron.
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The Prime Minister, David Cameron, announces the drawdown of a further 500 troops by the end of 2012, as Britain winds down its combat role in Afghanistan.
As troops leave Afghanistan defence experts tell Channel 4 News securing the violent eastern border with Pakistan will become a priority, and that may include the use of more unmanned drone strikes.
France follows US President Barack Obama by outlining a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Gary Gibbon looks at the political strategies at play in ending the decade-long war.
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.
As British soldiers parade past Parliament on the eve of a major US announcement on troop withdrawal, Channel 4 News asks them how they feel about the future of British involvement in Afghanistan.
US Navy Seals commandos working alongside the CIA carried out the kill-team mission to take out Osama bin Laden. There would have been no attempt to capture him, writes Online Editor Ed Fraser.
As the last fighting forces leave Iraq, US soldiers have been proclaiming they “have won the war”. President Barack Obama didn’t dare make such bold claims in his address from the Oval Office.
The last US combat brigade has left Iraq, pulling troops out of the country two weeks earlier than President Obama’s deadline. Channel 4 News’s Tim Lambon, who was there the day US forces rolled into Baghdad, looks at the rapid drawdown, and Iraq’s uncertain future.
Gary Gibbon looks ahead to tomorrow’s white House meeting between Barack Obama and David Cameron.