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.
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Afghan files: Task Force 373 – the Taliban hunters
As the founder of WikiLeaks claims there is evidence of “war crimes” in n secret Afghan war logs, Channel 4 News analyses claims Task Force 373 appeared to botch attempts to kill al-Qaida operatives.
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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 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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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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Afghan fears over a Taliban deal
If a deal with the Taliban is agreed, what will the cost be ? International Editor Lindsey Hilsum travels to Bamiyan where women and ethnic Hazaras fear they will be the ones who pay the price.
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Jon Snow
Afghanistan: a $33bn turning point?
Eight long years and Congress this week is considering a further subvention of $33bn dollars to the Afghan war effort, blogs Jon Snow.
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Talking with the Taliban
The head of the British army, General Sir David Richards, and the head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, were asked in separate interviews over the weekend about the notion of talking to the Taliban as part of Britain and America’s exit strategy from Afghanistan. Their answers were so different that they point to potentially the…
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Afghanistan: will trouble at the top slow progress?
It was a pretty harsh move, designed perhaps to cure the impression that Obama is a soft-touch, indecisive, slow to move. Even Robert Gates, the defence secretary, counselled against it. But in the end McChrystal had to go. The logic is there: how can allies and Afghans listen to US policy if the face of…
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Afghanistan and the McChrystal row: Obama's political anvil
For President Obama, Afghanistan began as a choice of what was morally or practically right and is fast becoming a case of what is politically expedient. A longer and messier war is not what any Democrat incumbent would choose to get into, but at the same time, no US president could get out of Kabul…
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Afghanistan: getting a meeting organised is some feat
Alex Thomson on the problems of meetings in Afghanistan and talks between the district governor and the British army.
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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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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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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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Nato target the Taliban and strengthen their hand
It is set to be a momentous fortnight for Nato, who at last appear to have wrestled the “narrative” of the insurgency from the Taliban’s hands. In a nutshell, here is their good news: an assault on their stronghold and the capture now of four senior Taliban commanders, apparently with the help of the Pakistanis. There…
