Afghanistan: Why ‘green on blue’ killings are on the rise
Why are rising numbers of Afghan soldiers turning on their American army mentors? Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on ‘green on blue’ killings.
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The United States’ top commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation as part of the scandal engulfing the former head of the CIA, David Petraeus.
Former Afghan MP Malalai Joya – who has survived several assassination attempts – describes the shooting of Malala Yousafzai as “a crime against women by dark-minded fundamentalists”.
A major report finds some members of the Taliban are ready to negotiate a peace deal based on a long-term US presence in Afghanistan, but not under Hamid Karzai’s government.
Why are rising numbers of Afghan soldiers turning on their American army mentors? Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on ‘green on blue’ killings.
Afghan police shoot dead two British servicemen and gunmen kill a peace negotiator in separate attacks that undermine the country’s attempt to negotiate a peace deal with Taliban insurgents.
A car bomb explodes outside a compound housing Westerners in Kabul hours after US President Barack Obama visits the Afghan capital.
The soldier accused of killing civilians in southern Afghanistan in a shooting rampage is to be charged with 17 counts of murder. But the Taliban have vowed to avenge the deaths.
Taliban leaders pledge revenge after the fatal shooting of 16 civilians, including nine children, by an American soldier in Kandahar.
As a US soldier is held in custody after shooting dead Afghan civilians, a spokesman for Nato-led forces tells Channel 4 News the attack is “simply not understandable” and a “step back”.
Whether non-Muslims wish to comprehend this or not, the Koran is not “just a book” as one Twitter follower told me this morning. It is, literally, perceived by the faithful to be the word of God and in few countries more than Afghanistan.
The US embassy in Kabul is in lockdown after a man was killed during the second day of violent protests against the burning of Korans at Nato’s main base in Afghanistan.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from the streets of Kabul on Afghanistan’s spiralling drug addiction – and the difficulty of tackling it in the middle of a war.
As US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta announces an early switch from a combat to a support role, Alex Thomson reports from Kabul on what will become of Afghanistan once the Americans leave?
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on his unexpected encounter with a Taliban “big beast”.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson joins Afghanistan’s top female boxers as they fight their way to the London 2012 Olympics.