Gary Gibbon
Are Afghan women’s rights beyond the UK’s reach?
Gary Gibbon blogs on David Miliband’s speech on Afghanistan and wonders if it will improve his standing with a certain American Secretary of State…
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A glimpse into life in Afghanistan after Nato's exit
Go out just beyond the walls of the Grenadier Guards’ fort here at Shawqat and it is possible to get a glimpse of what Nato’s exit ticket from Afghanistan could look like. Could, possibly, maybe and perhaps – with quite a few ifs too.
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Journalists face Afghan attacks reporting ban
It is a completely baffling decision that makes an already dangerous job even more difficult, and threatens to undermine the principles of society-building that allegedly began the entire NATO exercise.
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Stopped by an IED in the road in Afghanistan
Alex Thomson is stopped by an IED in the road ahead in Afghanistan.
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An everyday tale of Nato being bonkers
OK, let’s be clear, all we wanted to do was to go and collect our ISAF (NATO) accreditation.
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After the Kabul bomb attack
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN Again the Taliban or insurgency have left their mark on the Afghan capital. Its city centre shopping centre and Safi Hotel left a shattered wreck. In the gooey mud of Kabul’s semi-paved roads and non-paved pavements, piles of glass mingle into the freezing, oozy mud.
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Somalia: the new Pakistan for terror recruitment?
An investigation for Channel 4 News reveals the story of a suicide bomber who grew up in Ealing before travelling to Somalia. Jonathan Rugman follows the path taken by newly radicalised youths.
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Bomb squad – tackling Afghanistan IED threat
As insurgents use improvised explosive devices to fight British troops in Afghanistan, bomb disposal expert Captain Jon Evett recalls his personal experience leading a counter-IED team.
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Behind Enemy Lines: more revealing than a thousand Afghan conferences
On a pinboard in the Pentagon in the summer of 2004, as insurgency in Iraq took a turn for the worse, they put up a flier advertising a special screening of Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 classic film The Battle of Algiers. It depicts the ruthless tactics employed by both French colonial paratroopers and nationalist guerrillas in…
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Afghan attack: Kabul is a target because of its profile
Alex Thomson reflects on the attacks in Kabul and why the Afghan capital city has become such a target.
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Afghan attacks show Kabul is not safe any more
The latest suicide bombings in Kabul highlight that the city is no longer safe, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
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South Waziristan – the world's most dangerous place
Pakistan’s anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan contradicts the widely held view in Islamabad that sooner or later Nato’s coalition in Afghanistan will have to talk to the Taliban, blogs Julian Rush.
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Extra troops for Afghanistan completely misses the point
So, come the small hours this side of the Atlantic, President Obama will address the American nation and confirm his intention to more fully pursue The Bush Doctrine which began in Iraq, through Afghanistan. Bush surged into Baghdad; Obama will surge into Kabul. Meanwhile here Gordon Brown has pre-surged, carefully timing his 500 reinforcements yesterday,…
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Karzai inauguration: the empty city of Kabul
Kabul was the emptiest of cities this morning. The only way to move around – given the universal ban on private vehicles that has successfully staved off the predictable attack by the Taliban – was on foot. The traffic that usually blocks the city vanished. We found ourselves learning that routes between places we normally…
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Gary Gibbon
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Britain's 'broken promises' to Afghan translators
The tale of Yusuf, injured while working as a translator for the British Army in Afghanistan, highlights the gulf in perceptions of responsibility, blogs Nick Paton Walsh