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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Remembering Afghanistan, Garmsir and Sher-Wali
Doug Beattie recounts his experience at the battle of Garmsir ten years ago when he fought alongside Afghan Major Sher-Wali against the Taliban.
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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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MoD pays compensation to civilians killed in wars
Channel 4 News has seen records showing the Ministry of Defence has paid out less than a million pounds to the families of some 360 civilian casualties – they’re just the ones who’ve come forward.
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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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Alexander Blackman: jailed marine ‘morally disengaged’
A Royal Marine jailed for the murder of a Taliban insurgent let his professional standards “slip to an unacceptably low level” and showed “poor leadership”, an internal review has found.
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Battle of Britain: 75th anniversary commemorated
More Battle of Britain aircraft have been brought together than at any time since the Second World War to mark the time the country fought alone against Nazism.
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Islamic State’s ‘exceedingly dangerous’ new tactics
The killing of at least 30 security personnel in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula could be more than just jihadist violence – but an indication of new and dangerous tactics from the Islamic State group.
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Jon Snow
Time to end the special UK 'military relationship' with America?
For the first time in nearly a decade and a half we are not formally at war – but exactly how many “security” or “military” people we have left behind in Iraq and Afghanistan is an imprecise matter.
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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.
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Taliban video claims operation inside Afghan airbase
The Taliban in Afghanistan release a new video detailing an operation inside Camp Bastion, Helmand province, just over a month after British troops handed over control of the base.
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British troops end combat operations in Afghanistan
British and US forces formally conclude their military involvement in Afghanistan – but after so much bloodshed, is this really ‘mission accomplished’?
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Exploitation or proud tradition? Britain’s child soldiers
Campaigners launch a new attack on the army’s policy of recruiting children as young as 16. But veterans says it is a time-honoured way of offering troubled teenagers a better life. Who’s right?
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Alex Thomson
A wing, a prayer and a US president spouting cliches
The simple and obvious question to ask today is this: would parliament be discussing bombing Iraq for a third war if the USA were not already doing so?
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Alex Thomson
Resurgent Taliban threaten US exit strategy for Afghanistan
A New York Times article at the weekend suggests the Afghan police and army, whose efficiency was used to justify the US and British exit, are not up to the job.
