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Afghanistan: Did US psy-op teams manipulate Senators?
The Commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, is to investigate allegations that military psychological operation teams were deployed against US politicians, reports Sarah Smith.
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Afghanistan: life with the bomb hunters
As new evidence emerges about bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid’s death, Sean Rayment, author of Bomb Hunters, writes about his time with the team in “one of the most dangerous places on earth”.
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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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US drone attacks ‘failing to kill many militant leaders’
US drones in Pakistan are failing to kill many militant leaders, according to analyst Peter Bergen who tells Channel 4 News only two per cent of deaths are senior Taliban or al-Qaeda figures.
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Olaf Schmid death: do army inquests ever give us answers?
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson asks if military inquests ever give families answers when – in the case of bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid – some evidence is “never really explored”.
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Afghanistan: nearly ten years, what progress in Helmand?
As the war in Afghanistan approaches a milestone, Captain Doug Beattie writes from the Helmand frontline on how progress only comes with a price paid by both soldiers and the local population.
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Olaf Schmid was ‘unlawfully killed’
The inquest into the death of bomb disposal specialist Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid in Afghanistan has found he was unlawfully killed.
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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.
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Channel 4 News Afghanistan coverage awarded
A Channel 4 News portfolio of reports on the war in Afghanistan – “Our war, their war” – wins the Broadcast television award for news and current affairs coverage.
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Eight killed in Afghan bomb attack
Eight people – three of them foreigners – are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a supermarket in the Afghan capital, Kabul, just yards from the British Embassy.
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Afghanistan: the fight against fear
For British troops in Afghanistan – and soldiers everywhere – the first battle to win is with themselves, writes Captain Doug Beattie in his latest blog from Helmand.
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Afghanistan: a Taliban deal will not end the bloodshed
As the US says it has struck a cease fire deal with insurgents in the Sangin area of Helmand, Colonel Richard Kemp writes that the herculean task of putting an end to the conflict is far from over.
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More US troops as military reaches Afghan deal
As the US plans to send more combat troops to Afghanistan there are reports of a peace deal with local tribes in the Sangin region. Alex Thomson says the deal should be treated with “extreme caution”.