In Afghanistan, the insurgents are resurgent
A 24 per cent spike in civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2014 suggests the Taliban and other insurgent groups are on the march again.
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A 24 per cent spike in civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2014 suggests the Taliban and other insurgent groups are on the march again.
Rescuers in Afghanistan searching for more than 2,000 people missing after a huge landslide in the remote north-east of the country abandon their search.
Two young men from Cardiff who both served with the British Army in Afghanistan tell their very different stories of return and recuperation.
As Britain hands over operational command of Helmand province to the US, Channel 4 News looks at how Afghanistan has changed since the war began in 2001 – from opium production to education.
A 10-year-old girl, who was detained in Afghanistan for wearing explosives, says she was forced to wear a suicide jacket by her Taliban commander brother.
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.
The conviction of a Royal Marine for murdering an injured Afghan insurgent should not “besmirch” the organisation, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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.
By chance I came across the following writing, when going through some files of work photographs recently.
Six British army soldiers who died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in March 2012 in Afghanistan were “unlawfully killed whilst on active service”, a coroner rules.
Alex Thomson outlines the three strands of the Taliban and asks who have we really been fighting and who are we going to talk to?
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond confirms up to 90 Afghans are being detained at Camp Bastion, but the government hopes to transfer them to Afghan custody in the near future.