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On the edge in Afghanistan
We made two good decisions yesterday. First, when we walked into the stadium (the one where the Taliban used to stone people to death) for Abdullah Abdullah’s rally, we took a look at the rickety wooden stage they’d built for the camera crews to stand on, and decided to set up our tripod on the…
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COP Keating: Afghan war’s terrifying reality
Channel 4 News exposed the ‘crucible of conflict’ at US Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan – one of the most dangerous bases for US forces. Just weeks later it was closed.
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Is the Afghan war on terror coming to an end?
Heat. It’s not something, that, if you live in Bangkok, you thought you would still be susceptible to. Bangkok’s sticky, like a constant reminder of how hectic and dense the city is – it’s brimming humanity. But out here, in Jalalabad, where we are en route to Kunar, near Afghanistan’s north-eastern border with Pakistan, the…
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Afghanistan: military might cannot win alone
Writing for Channel 4 News as the UK death toll reached 300, former soldier Patrick Hennessey described a significant turning point in war strategy.
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Brown's ambitious Af-Pak promise
Gordon Brown has announced a mini-surge of British troops in Afghanistan to help police the August presidential election there. He’s also promised a big increase in aid to Pakistan, with half of the money going to the Afghan frontier region, which Mr Brown has branded “the crucible of global terrorism”. His 15-page strategy document (UK…
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Afghan Star: 'X Factor' on a knife-edge
The big finale of Afghanistan’s answer to The X Factor is live on Tolo TV right now. It’s the Noruz New Year weekend there and thanks to an electricity deal a couple of months ago with neighbouring Uzbekistan, there should be enough juice to beat last year’s viewing record of 11-million Afghans. The final 10…
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Meeting Viktor Bout, the 'Merchant of Death'
BANGKOK, THAILAND – For an opening gambit, it didn’t suggest things would go that well. Viktor Bout had, at court, told me several times that the western media were untrustworthy and broadly despicable. Here, as I approached the visitor’s window in the remand centre where he’s been languishing for a year, he was set apart…
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Afghanistan: people’s war
A father prepared to sell his son, widespread kidnappings, corruption and lawlessness. In an RTS award-winning film, Channel 4 News captured the startling personal tales of ordinary Afghan people.
