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Afghanistan: mission accomplished?
David Cameron agreed that British troops are returning from Afghanistan with their “mission accomplished”. But he won’t be thrilled with the headlines his answer has spawned.
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David Cameron agreed that British troops are returning from Afghanistan with their “mission accomplished”. But he won’t be thrilled with the headlines his answer has spawned.
After 12 years of British involvement in Afghanistan, David Cameron announces he is preparing to pull troops out of the country next year, despite fears of an insurgency.
The Royal Marine convicted of murdering an injured insurgent in Afghanistan is named as Sergeant Alexander Blackman, after a ruling by three leading judges at the High Court.
Out of time and soon out of office, the Afghan president-outgoing, Hamid Karzai, has just done exactly what Afghans and foreigners alike, never expected.
What follows is the journal extract of Marine C, who is 25 and one of three men accused of executing a gravely injured Afghan fighter in September 2011 in southern Afghanistan.
A Royal Marine is convicted by a court martial board of murder following the execution of an injured Afghan insurgent in September 2011. Two other marines were acquitted.
The audio recording of the conversation between Royal Marines accused of executing a captured Taliban prisoner is released, as the court martial board retires to consider its verdict.
The killing of the Pakistan Taliban leader is just the latest incident where US drones were used against Middle East targets. Now Jemima Khan has produced a new film about the controversial weapon.
Pakistan’s foreign office summons the US ambassador and says that the drone strike which killed Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, has caused a serious setback to peace talks with the Taliban.
As three Royal Marines face a court martial on allegations of murder, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the judge’s decision not to release crucial footage.
At the tender age of 16, perhaps Malala Yousafzai was too young to be awarded the peace prize – or perhaps the Nobel committee has just been burned too many times by bestowing the honour on individuals.
Inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemicals weapons in the midst of civil war win the Nobel peace prize.
The mere thought of my little girl getting hurt makes me wince. So listening to a young Kabul woman in Kabul describe how her father stabbed her 16 times because she refused to marry the man he’d chosen is an unsettling experience
The fact that parading members of the British armed forces got drawn into a sectarian demonstration at Ibrox Park on Saturday reflects worst on the top brass who exposed them to such a situation.
The Pakistani schoolgirl tells an audience in Birmingham that “one book, one pen, one child, one teacher” can change the world, as she opens the Library of Birmingham.