Alex Thomson
War in Afghanistan: the facts
The Afghan conflict has claimed the lives of nearly 450 British military personnel. What kind of country will coalition troops leave behind?
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Taliban: we killed Hamid Karzai’s brother
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai, a half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan.
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Karzai: West should ‘absolutely’ stay out of Libya
Exclusive: Hamid Karzai warns the West to stay out of Libya. The Afghan President tells Channel 4 News that military action would cause the international community and Libya more suffering.
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Hamid Karzai on the Taliban, corruption and WikiLeaks
Exclusive: Hamid Karzai says the military surge in Afghanistan could threaten the chances of political stability. Interviewed by Jon Snow, Karzai admits he’s emotional – but not erratic.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai in tears on TV
His country’s in bad shape – and he’s not much better. The Afghan president Hamid Karzai bursts into tears during a nationally televised speech which was meant to focus on national literacy day.
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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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Afghanistan: The blind couple who escaped the Taliban
The future for all Afghans is uncertain, but for the disabled population it is even more precarious.
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Trump and Biden are ‘Tweedledee and Tweedledum’ on Afghanistan withdrawal, says John Bolton
Ambassador John Bolton served as US ambassador to the UN under President George W Bush and as national security adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Afghanistan: ‘20 years of sacrifice down the drain’, says former Afghan official
Jawed Ludin was a former Afghan deputy foreign minister, spokesperson and chief of staff under President Hamid Karzai.
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Former Afghan minister ‘extremely worried’ by Taliban advance
We are joined by the former diplomat Annie Pforzheimer, who was the US Deputy Chief of Mission in Afghanistan between 2017 and 2018, and by Jawed Ludin, who served as chief of staff to the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, and as the country’s deputy foreign minister.
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Taliban defiant as battle for Sangin rages
The Islamist group says Britain has made a “stupid decision” by sending troops back to Helmand province as its fighters battle Afghan forces for control of the strategic town of Sangin.
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Bowe Bergdahl: US soldier could face life in prison
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl could face life in prison after being charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy following his disappearance from an Afghan outpost in 2009.
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Afghan president angry at US/Taliban prisoner exchange
Afghanistan accuses the US of going behind President Hamid Karzai’s back in striking a deal to free a US soldier in exchange for five Taliban militants, and says international law has been breached.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
The drip drip of foreign blood on Afghan dust
With the crisis in Ukraine sweeping all headlines before it, it is hard to recall that the reason John Kerry ever stepped on to a plane to Europe in recent days was for Afghanistan.
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Taliban kill two Britons in Afghanistan restaurant attack
A Labour MEP candidate was among 21 killed in Kabul, Afghanistan when gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant popular with expats in the city centre.
