Jon Snow
Sipping sugary brown tea gives way to thumping the Blackberry
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow remembers his trip through Pakistan in 1970 following the bombing in Peshawar.
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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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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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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
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Jon Snow
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A week in Afghanistan
For the past week the Channel 4 News team has been on the frontline of the Afghan elections. The team has been with soldiers in Helmand to the hospital wards of Kandahar and into the halls of political power – it’s been a week of insight and analysis. The pictures displayed were taken from our…
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Greeting the litany of Afghanistan's casualties
Nima Elbagir guest blogs from Kandahar hospital, Afghanistan. When the Obama administrations’ then nominee for the top job in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal faced the Senate Armed Services committee in early June his message was unequivocal – civilian casualties were the major operational issue. “This is a critical point. It may be the critical point.…
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Inside an Afghan hospital
Channel 4 News reporter Nima Elbagir went to Afghanistan’s Mirwais hospital to uncover the civilian casualties caught up in the fight between Nato and the Taliban.
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Prose on the Afghan frontline
Prose on the Afghan frontline, by Lindsey Hilsum: I had a book of World War II poetry with me while in Helmand with British troops.
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Jon Snow
Do we know why we're in Afghanistan?
Does anyone out there understand why we are in Afghanistan under arms? Is this the least understood, least cared about conflict involving British troops dying under fire since, well, Northern Ireland? That’s not fair, people did understand Northern Ireland. They didn’t like bombs exploding in British mainland cities.
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Obama's reputation depends on his Af-Pak policy
It is hard to say which meeting is more important: Obama’s meeting with the president of Afghanistan or with the president of Pakistan. For it is becoming increasingly clear that Obama’s foreign policy reputation – indeed his presidency – will depend upon success in what US officials call the “Af-Pak” region, in much the same…
