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‘Disappointment would be the least I would describe it as’ – former SAS commander on Afghanistan
Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain is not abandoning its commitment to Afghanistan, while announcing that most British troops have already left the country.
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I’m worried more about Afghanistan than myself, says Afghan MP
We spoke to Farzana Kochai, a member of the Afghan parliament and asked her now that the Western Forces are gone, do you feel safe?
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Bagram: Last US and Nato forces leave key airbase in Afghanistan
Last night under the cover of darkness, most of the last remaining US and Nato forces left Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: the forever-war no more
What’s changed in Afghanistan after years of international involvement? Or rather, why does it feel like nothing’s changed?
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Hundreds more Afghans to settle in UK after working for British military
Hundreds of Afghans who worked for the British military, mostly as interpreters, are to be allowed to settle in the UK, along with their families.
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Afghanistan: Fears schoolgirls will be first in line of fire after US withdrawal
The horror of this month’s bomb attack on a girls’ school in Kabul is still being felt across Afghanistan.
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President Trump was ‘abusive’ to Theresa May, says veteran reporter Carl Bernstein
The veteran Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein has delivered what could be the most damning indictment yet of President Trump.
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Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
Donald Trump used his now traditional method of mass communication, Twitter, to tell the world that he had parted company with his security adviser John Bolton.
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63 killed in Kabul hotel blast
In Afghanistan, another bomb attack and yet again scores killed. This time the venue was a wedding in the western suburbs of Kabul.
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Afghan elections marred by more deadly violence
The price of democracy in Afghanistan is measured in blood and it keeps rising. The second day of voting in the parliamentary elections has been marred by more violence with at least 170 people killed or injured across the country.
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Dozens killed in suicide bombing in Kabul
Almost 50 people have been killed and scores wounded after a suicide bomb attack on students preparing for university exams in the Afghan capital Kabul. It comes at a time of increased tension in the country, with Taliban forces conducting a wave of attacks on military bases and in the eastern city of Ghazni. We speak to…
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UK to send more troops to Afghanistan
The UK has announced that it will send 440 more troops to serve in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of its troops there to more than a thousand. The government made the announcement ahead of discussion at NATO about its military deployments in Afghanistan, which continues to be plagued by Taliban attacks. The extra troops…
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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Former army interpreter released on bail while fighting for right to remain in the UK
Two former soldiers have appeared in court to plead the case to remain in the UK of an Afghan man who worked as their interpreter when they were fighting the Taliban.
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FactCheck Q&A: Is Saudi Arabia funding ISIS?
The Wikileaks files suggest there have been western efforts to “bring pressure” on Saudi Arabia to end its support for ISIS.