Afghanistan: Why ‘green on blue’ killings are on the rise
Why are rising numbers of Afghan soldiers turning on their American army mentors? Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on ‘green on blue’ killings.
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Why are rising numbers of Afghan soldiers turning on their American army mentors? Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on ‘green on blue’ killings.
Militant Libyan cleric Abu Yahya al-Libi, described as al-Qaeda’s second in command, has been killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan, officials confirm.
A US drone attack in north west Pakistan, reported to have killed at least 10 people, hit a small village mosque sources reports Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben de Pear.
The Foreign Secretary and the Red Cross have condemned the “barbaric” beheading of a kidnapped British humanitarian worker in Pakistan.
Two reports made public in the space of a few weeks add up to a damning and corroborative indictment of western policy in Afghanistan – to say nothing of Pakistan’s policy here writes Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
The leaked report of Afghan detainees’ interrogation statements says more about US disenchantment with Pakistan than about its spy agency’s supposed grip on the Taliban, analysts tell Channel 4 News.
Channel 4 News gets up close and personal with Imran Khan – a man dismissed by his opponents as a cricket-loving lightweight, but who now attracts hundreds of thousands to his political rallies.
Recent events suggest Pakistan could be facing a “behind the scenes coup”, a leading expert tells Channel 4 News.
More than fifty people have died in Kabul in the worst sectarian violence since the war in Afghanistan began. An analyst tells Channel 4 News he believes it was “stirred by elements from Pakistan.”
The most senior British diplomat working on Afghanistan has given the most damning assessment of the UK’s record in the country that I have heard from a serving official. Jonathan Rugman reports.
Admiral Mike Mullen claims the Haqqani militant group blamed for an attack on the US embassy in Kabul is a “veritable arm” of Pakistan’s ISI intelligence service.
A house in Birmingham searched by anti-terror police is the same address where a man convicted of sending weapons to the Taliban lived, Channel 4 News learns. Six men are being questioned after raids.
US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed more civilians than previously reported, including 168 children, according to figures compiled by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Reports suggest the CIA set up a fake vaccination campaign in an attempt to get DNA from members of the bin Laden family. The development adds to the strain on relations between Pakistan and the US.
As troops leave Afghanistan defence experts tell Channel 4 News securing the violent eastern border with Pakistan will become a priority, and that may include the use of more unmanned drone strikes.