Gary Gibbon
Election politics at play over Afghanistan withdrawal
Political Editor Gary Gibbon asks whether elections politics, rather than military might, will dictate a drawback of operations in Afghanistan.
Search results for ‘kandahar’
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Rogue ‘kill team’ sergeant jailed for murder
A US army sergeant is convicted by court martial of murdering unarmed civilians and cutting fingers from their corpses as ringleader of a rogue platoon in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.
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Mullah Omar statement ignites hopes for Taliban negotiations
As the Taliban leader issues a statement to mark the end of Ramadan, Channel 4 News’ Head of Foreign News Ben De Pear examines whether it may be finally possible to talk with the Taliban.
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Blasts hit British Council in Kabul
Nine people are reported to have died after suicide bombers attacked offices housing the British Council and the UN in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. All the assailants involved have been killed.
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Taliban: we killed Hamid Karzai’s brother
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai, a half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan.
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‘New phase’ in Afghanistan says PM
David Cameron says the Afghan conflict is entering a “new phase” amid an army investigation into the death of a soldier who was captured by the Taliban and found dead in Helmand province.
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Gary Gibbon
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Rogue Afghan ‘shot British soldiers amid corruption feud’
Five British soldiers were shot by a renegade Afghan policeman as a bloody local vendetta played itself out, a coroner’s court has heard.
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Can CIA drone attacks on Pakistan succeed?
The Obama administration has presided over a significant increase in unmanned CIA drone attacks on Pakistan. Who is pushing the policy forward – and can it succeed?
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Eight NATO troops killed in Afghanistan attack
Eight american NATO troops and a contractor have been killed in Afghanistan after an Afghan military officer opened fire inside an office at Kabul airport.
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Hundreds freed in Afghan Taliban jailbreak
In a serious setback for security in Afghanistan, hundreds of prisoners have escaped from a prison in the southern Kandahar province through a tunnel dug by Taliban insurgents.
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Afghanistan: more deaths over Koran burning
Nine people are reported to have died during protests in Kandahar over the burning of a Koran in the US. It follows an attack on a UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif in which seven UN workers were killed.
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Petraeus: Taliban ‘will be back’ in Afghanistan
After a period of relative quiet over winter months, U.S. General David Petraeus tells Channel 4 News he expects a ‘spring offensive’ from the Taliban but insists withdrawal plans are on track.
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Japan: race to supply water and medicine as bodies wash up
Britain offers nuclear advice as a UK search team arrives in Japan’s quake disaster zone. Charities tell Channel 4 News only now is the scale of the disaster emerging as bodies wash up on the coast.
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Jon Snow
Spanner in works of search and rescue sell-off
It’s tricky finding any detail but when you do it’s a scandal worthy of Private Eye – the suspension of the search and rescue service sell-off, writes Jon Snow.
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Channel 4 News Afghanistan coverage awarded
A Channel 4 News portfolio of reports on the war in Afghanistan – “Our war, their war” – wins the Broadcast television award for news and current affairs coverage.
