Gary Gibbon
Dave’s Twenty First Century City gift
Gary Gibbon blogs on Prime Minister David Cameron’s first official trip to the United States and his meeting with President Barack Obama.
Search results for ‘Taliban’
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Former MI5 officer: Afghan WikiLeaks ‘risk lives’
Exclusive: a former MI5 officer tells Channel 4 News Afghanistan civilians named in the WikiLeaks war logs and their families could be “in great danger”.
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General Dannatt: army had ‘no desire’ for Iraq war
Former head of the army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, tells the Iraq inquiry that an overstretched army ‘almost seized up’ due to troop commitments abroad, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Afghan shootings raise war crimes question
Exclusive: leading lawyer tells Channel 4 News leaked documents about the Shinwar shootings which left over a dozen civilians dead in Afghanistan could indicate “war crimes” committed by US marines.
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What the WikiLeaks documents tells us about life in Afghanistan
Alex Thomson blogs on what the leak of 90,000 documents about military strategy in Afghanistan tells us about the situation on the ground.
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WikiLeaks war files: Afghanistan’s hidden war
War as we have never been allowed to see it: WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange speaks to Channel 4 News about his decision to publish 90,000 US military files – the biggest leak of its kind in history.
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War files leak: timing threatens US-Pakistan relations
US-Pakistan relations face new strain as a major data leak leads to fresh allegations of Pakistani support for Afghan rebels. Dr Farzana Shaikh, Chatham House talks to Channel 4 News.
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WikiLeaks files raise questions over civilian casualties
Channel 4 News analyses WikiLeaks US military “secret” reports which appear to show notable differences between UN and US civilian casualty figures.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange interview
It is one of the biggest security breaches in US military history. The man responsible – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – speaks exclusively to Channel 4 News about the Afghanistan war logs.
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On patrol with the Scots Guards
Does counter-insurgency work? The British in southern Afghanistan have four more years to prove it one way or another. Lindsey Hilsum writes from Afghanistan.
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Highway 1, Afghanistan: world's biggest moving target
The only supply route for the war in Afghanistan is perhaps the biggest moving target on earth, where troops, warlords and hired guns run the gauntlet daily, writes Channel 4 News’ Nick Paton Walsh, embedded with US troops – whose hands are tied under ‘courageous restraint’.
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Afghanistan 'butcher's bill too high'
I had just woken up when I heard the explosion. Instinctively I reached for my camera. Was this the beginning of a Taliban attack?
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Afghanistan’s biggest moving target
The only supply route for the war in Afghanistan is perhaps the biggest moving target on earth, writes Channel 4 News’s Nick Paton Walsh – embedded with US troops.
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Gary Gibbon
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A small step forward in Kabul's Hotel California
The fact that the Kabul conference is taking place is undoubtedly a step forward, blogs Lindsey Hilsum. But the Afghan government will soon be expected to organise mult-million dollar development projects and reintegrate the Taliban.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron: Megrahi release ‘not a BP decision’
David Cameron has just told PBS radio in Washington that the Megrahi release was “not a BP decision” but “the decision of British ministers” (by which he means Scottish ministers). He has revisited his initial decision to turn down a late request from four US senators to meet up and discuss the Lockerbie bomber’s release…