Search results for ‘Improvised explosive device (IED)’
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Six British soldiers ‘unlawfully killed’ in Afghanistan
Six British army soldiers who died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in March 2012 in Afghanistan were “unlawfully killed whilst on active service”, a coroner rules.
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Nairobi bomb blasts kill at least 10 as Britons fly home
At least 10 people are killed and 70 injured in two explosions in the Kenyan capital, as Britons leave the country after a Foreign Office warning about “a high threat of terrorism”.
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Afghan veteran: ‘I feel lucky in a way sometimes’
Two young men from Cardiff who both served with the British Army in Afghanistan tell their very different stories of return and recuperation.
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MoD negligent over vehicle deaths, families claim
Exclusive: In the first of our Lost War films, three families whose sons were killed in Afghanistan tell Channel 4 News their loved ones died because their vehicles were not up to scratch.
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US foils new ‘underwear’ bomb threat
America foils a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 “underwear bomb”, according to US officials.
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On patrol with the Baghdad bomb squad
Krishnan Guru-Murthy describes meeting some of the heroes of post-war Iraq as Unreported World gains exclusive access to the Baghdad bomb squad.
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Indian cities on high alert following Mumbai blasts
India’s major cities have been put on a state of high alert after three blasts shook the the country’s commercial capital, killing 18 people and injuring dozens more.
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Mumbai rocked by three explosions
At least 20 people are reported dead and more than 100 wounded after three blasts in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, during the evening rush hour.
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Why is it getting worse for civilians in Afghanistan?
Nine years into the war in Afghanistan, the conflict is clearly getting worse for civilians. Why is this happening? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Afghanistan war: Rupert Thorneloe tribute to Mark Evison
Exclusive: Channel 4 News publishes a letter written to Lt Evison’s mother by his commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the highest ranking soldier to die in the Afghanistan war.
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British forces in Afghanistan: why are we there?
Britain’s presence in Afghanistan has seen military deaths soar beyond 300. But what lies next for UK forces? A former commander and soldier write for Channel 4 News about future strategy.
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IED hunter Olaf Schmid’s final hours: graphic timeline
The last day of bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid’s life was fraught with tension and danger. Channel 4 News maps his final hours as he took on Afghanistan’s enemy IEDs, often with his bare hands.
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Olaf Schmid: did ‘tiredness’ kill Afghanistan bomb expert?
Exclusive: The army’s top bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid may have been suffering “cumulative tiredness” when he was killed by an IED, according to restricted documents seen by Channel 4 News.
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IED combat under scrutiny at Olaf Schmid inquest
Channel 4 News examines the deadly threat of IED attacks for British troops in Afghanistan as Jane Deith reports from the inquest into the death of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal victim in 2009.
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IED combat under scrutiny at Olaf Schmid inquest
Channel 4 News examines the deadly threat of IED attacks for British troops in Afghanistan as Jane Deith reports from the inquest into the death of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal victim in 2009.
