-
Last Briton in Guantanamo on hunger strike
Cleared for release in 2007, British resident Shaker Aamer is on hunger strike as lawyers say he was routinely beaten on days his legal team was due to meet him.
-
Life in Kabul 10 years since Operation Enduring Freedom
Nearly 10 years after British and American forces began the war in Afghanistan, Channel 4 News reporter Inigo Gilmore returns to Kabul to find “freedom and fear living side by side”.
-
Senior al-Qaeda leader ‘captured’ in Pakistan
Pakistan says it has captured three al-Qaeda operatives, including “senior leader” Younis al-Mauritania, who it says took orders directly from Osama bin Laden.
-
Four Nato troops killed in Afghanistan
Four more Nato troops have been killed by insurgents in Afghanistan, as the coalition force works to determine if the Taliban was responsible for the Chinook crash that claimed the lives of 38.
-
CIA reportedly used vaccination campaign in Bin Laden hunt
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.
-
US pauses military aid for Pakistan
The United States is to withhold some £500m in military assistance to Pakistan, as it “works through” strains in their relationship prompted by the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.
-
Video alleges Pakistan army abuse
As criticism of Pakistan’s armed forces grows, Channel 4 News obtains shocking footage from Pakistan allegedly showing soldiers mistreating and abusing four blindfolded men.
-
Taliban ‘hero’ Ilyas Kashmiri killed by US drones
A senior Pakistan Taliban leader confirms to Channel 4 News that their leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed by a US drone strike, but denied any involvement in recent Pakistan attacks.
-
Bin Laden praises Arab Spring from beyond the grave
Al-Qaeda releases a tape said to feature Osama bin Laden praising this year’s uprisings in the Middle East and calling for more Muslim “tyrants” to be toppled.
-
Osama bin Laden: US ‘pressure’ Pakistan for access to family
The US is putting “growing pressure” on Pakistan to allow access to Osama bin Laden’s family, Channel 4 News understands. The request is believed to be under consideration by Pakistani authorities.
-
Pakistan: Bombers kill scores in bin Laden revenge attack
At least 80 people killed in double suicide bombing at a military academy in Pakistan. A source in the area tells Channel 4 News that hundreds of victims continue to arrive in hospitals.
-
Osama bin Laden killing: ‘ultimate act of national defence’
Osama bin Laden’s death was not an assassination, the US Attorney General tells Channel 4 News, as the CIA continues to sift through evidence from the al-Qaeda chief’s compound.
-
White House bin Laden situation room: where’s Hillary?
Hillary Clinton is “airbrushed” from a picture showing White House staff watching the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. The image was changed by a Jewish newspaper which does not print photos of women.
-
‘Pakistan may allow US access to bin Laden’s wives’
Pakistan may allow the United States to interview Osama bin Laden’s wives who were with him at the compound where he was killed, according to reports from Washington and Islamabad.
-
'Post-bin Laden, The ISI may not want to work with the CIA again'
A former senior intelligence official in Pakistan’s intelligence service tells John Sparks that the US has badly damaged relations between Washington and Islamabad, and fears the ISI may be unwilling to continue working with the CIA.