Alex Thomson
‘Murder’ or ‘killings’ – why we need to take care with the words of war
Murder and killings: Alex Thomson argues that the mainstream media is “taking sides” in its description of conflicts around the world.
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Taliban talks: ‘compromise is possible’
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri, who has spoken with members of the Taliban ahead of peace negotiations, tells Channel 4 News that compromise is possible in the “PR dance” with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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UK begins transfer of detainees to Afghan custody
Ten UK-captured detainees are transferred to Afghan custody after up to 14 months at Camp Bastion, with more to follow in the coming days, after a High Court ruling.
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Taliban attack on Kabul threatens Afghan talks
The Taliban attacks the CIA’s headquarters in the Afghan capital of Kabul, alongside key presidential buildings, in a brazen assault that threatens to derail peace talks.
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Gulnaz: the Afghan woman forced to marry her rapist
Gulnaz prompted an international outcry in 2010 when she found herself jailed for adultery after being raped. But in the three years since then, her life has taken an even more shocking turn.
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Nato handover to Afghan forces marred by blast
Three people are killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack in Kabul as Afghan forces take the lead for the country’s security from Nato forces.
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US and Taliban to begin Afghanistan peace talks
The United States will meet with the Taliban to begin talks aimed at brokering peace after 12 years of fighting in Afghanistan, officials say.
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Afghanistan: a race to the exit
It is a war that should be winding down, instead today’s incident takes the British death toll ever closer to 450. What does this mean for withdrawal?
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Afghanistan: three UK soldiers killed in Helmand
Twelve people – including three British soldiers – are killed in the first IED-related incident of 2013, as the Ministry of Defence warns that the situation is still “risky and dangerous”.
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Female school teacher shot dead in Pakistan
Militants are suspected of shooting dead a female teacher and beating up her 15-year-old son in Pakistan. The attack is condemned by former prime minister Gordon Brown.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Inside Afghanistan’s ‘appalling’ refugee camps
It has come to this. A woman sits in the mud and puddles. The snow falls relentlessly. It is minus 6 degrees, even at 11 in the morning. But sit here she must.
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David Cameron: ‘Now is the time’ for Taliban peace talks
David Cameron calls for the Taliban to enter talks on the future of Afghanistan, ahead of the withdrawal of British and US troops over the next year.
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British soldier shot dead in Afghanistan insider attack
A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan by a member of the Afghan National Army, bringing the total of British soldiers killed by the Afghans they serve alongside on the current tour to six.
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Afghanistan war: is the media losing interest? (Video)
Film-maker Vaughan Smith spends three weeks with the First Battalion of the Grenadier Guards in Helmand, Afghanistan, who are fighting a war that seems to have been forgotten.
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Afghanistan: 2012’s forgotten war?
Lives and limbs are still being lost in Afghanistan but is the British media losing interest? Vaughan Smith spent three weeks embedded with soldiers in Geresk where the fighting is as fierce as ever.
