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Withdrawing from Afghanistan: what next?
As news emerges of more Nato deaths in Afghanistan, Alex Thomson asks what happens when foreign troops leave the country.
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Three people are killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack in Kabul as Afghan forces take the lead for the country’s security from Nato forces.
“The right policy for all concerned” – Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb’s view on today’s announcement of US talks with the Afghan Taliban. And he describes the G8 communique on Syria as “progress”.
Pakistan’s new government has lodged a protest with the Americans and summoned a top US diplomat to complain about a drone strike on Friday.
Former soldiers with no degree can enrol to train in schools from next year – and become qualified in half the normal time – under a government drive to bring a military ethos to the classroom.
Barack Obama says he’s rewriting the rules on drone strikes. Are pilotless planes a vital weapon in the war on terror, or is the cost in civilian lives too high?
Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan’s PTI party, blames one of his political rivals for the murder of PTI vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain.
As news emerges of more Nato deaths in Afghanistan, Alex Thomson asks what happens when foreign troops leave the country.
Nawaz Sharif is on the verge of forming a new government after Pakistan’s historic elections. He has said he will improve relations with India to address “mutual fears”.
Polls close in Pakistan on an election day that saw at least 11 killed in an attack at ANP party offices in Karachi and complaints from the city voters of irregularities and intimidation.
Pakistan’s elections on 11 May are a huge landmark, marking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a country with a deep desire for change, writes Anwar Akhtar. Prepare for the tightest race in years.
Pakistan’s general election on Saturday is meant to mark the first time a democratically elected government in the country has been succeeded by another. But it is a transition beset by violence.
Islamist hardliners demanding an anti-blasphemy law in Bangladesh have fought running battles with police in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere, killing at least 20 people.
Pakistan’s leading state prosecutor investigating cases including the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead in Islamabad.
It is a war that should be winding down, instead today’s incident takes the British death toll ever closer to 450. What does this mean for withdrawal?
Twelve people – including three British soldiers – are killed in the first IED-related incident of 2013, as the Ministry of Defence warns that the situation is still “risky and dangerous”.