Corruption exposed as Afghan bank chief flees
Jon Snow on a little noticed story from Afghanistan, which has major implications and shines a light on the scale of corruption in Kabul.
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The mayor of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar has been killed by a suicide bomber – the latest in a string of attacks on influential officials in the country.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, announces the drawdown of a further 500 troops by the end of 2012, as Britain winds down its combat role in Afghanistan.
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.
A Taliban attack on a landmark hotel in Kabul has left nine people dead. An expert tells Channel 4 News the Taliban are staging “spectacular” attacks like this to show their continuing power.
Jon Snow on a little noticed story from Afghanistan, which has major implications and shines a light on the scale of corruption in Kabul.
The man in charge of the UN’s al-Qaeda-Taliban Monitoring Team says that creating separate sanction blacklists could make it easier for Afghan leaders to engage the Taliban in the political process.
After at least 12 protesters are killed in a demonstration in northern Afghanistan, President Karzai condemns last night’s NATO raid in which four people died and which provoked today’s protest.
World leaders, lawmakers and academics have reacted to the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed. Western leaders have welcomed the news, while groups such as Hamas have condemned the operation.
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.
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.
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.
Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who was President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 69. Sarah Smith looks back at the life of the “foreign policy giant”.
The latest secret US diplomatic cables to be released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks have revealed harsh criticism of the British forces in Afghanistan.
Wikileaks diplomatic cable disclosures suggest that Iran has been on a global mission to acquire weapons including Russian-made parts from a Chinese company, Channel 4 News can reveal.
A senior aide to the Afghan President blames British intelligence officers for bringing an imposter to take part in peace negotiations under the mistaken impression he was a Taliban commander.