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Lt Mark Evison death, a grieving mother’s story
Lt Mark Evison’s mother Margaret Evison explains to Channel 4 News that she wants Mark’s story to help British soldiers receive the vital equipment they need to fight in the Afghanistan war.
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Afghanistan war video: see how my son died
Exclusive: the mother of British officer Mark Evison killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan tells Channel 4 News she wants the world to see the video showing the moments leading up to her son’s death.
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Afghanistan war: Evison and medics linked by blood
Exclusive: Lt Mark Evison underwent hours of emergency surgery at Camp Bastion on 9 May 2009, receiving 42 pints of blood. Written by his nurses, Channel 4 News publishes the Bastion hospital diaries.
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Afghanistan war diaries reveal Evison’s kit warnings
Just 28 days before Lt Mark Evison died he wrote a diary in which he vented frustrations and concerns over equipment shortages in the Afghanistan War. In his own words, this is Mark’s story.
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Afghanistan war: Rupert Thorneloe tribute to Mark Evison
Exclusive: Channel 4 News publishes a letter written to Lt Evison’s mother by his commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the highest ranking soldier to die in the Afghanistan war.
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Militants attack Nato fuel tankers
The Taliban pledges to attack more Nato fuel tankers after gunmen burn 13 vehicles and kill three people taking supplies to coalition troops in Afghanistan.
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Cuts to dominate Conservative conference
As the government confirms plans to push through fundamental welfare reform, spending cuts will dominate the Conservative conference, which opens today.
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Pakistan execution video causes US tension
Controversy breaks out between the US and Pakistan after a video emerges on the internet appearing to show Pakistani soldiers summarily executing people believed to be Pashtun militants.
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UK security reviewed amid terror plot fears
Britain’s Security Service has carried out a review of potential damage done to its current anti-terrorist UK operations following leaks about plots against European targets, Channel 4 News learns.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai in tears on TV
His country’s in bad shape – and he’s not much better. The Afghan president Hamid Karzai bursts into tears during a nationally televised speech which was meant to focus on national literacy day.
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Obama: White House at war
A well-timed leak of the juiciest bits to the Washington Post and the New York Times guaranteed Bob Woodward’s book a slot on the bestseller lists. Job Rabkin looks at the revelations in detail.
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Afghanistan: search for kidnapped aid worker
The search continues for a British aid worker and her three Afghan colleagues, kidnapped by armed men in Afghanistan. John Sparks learns aid agencies are finding the country more and more dangerous.
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British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
A British national has gone missing in Afghanistan, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has confirmed. US aid organisation DAI confirmed to Channel 4 News the Briton is one of its employees.
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Why this disaster just keeps spreading
Jonathan Miller writes on why the Pakistan flood disaster is far from over, and why helping tackle it is in the West’s interest.
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Armed forces honoured for Afghan bravery
131 members of the armed forces are being honoured for incredible bravery and selfless courage in Afghanistan. The awards recognise operations from October 2009 to 31 March 2010.