Taliban

Councils have warned that up to eight thousand Afghans who came to the UK seeking asylum after the Taliban seized power are at risk of becoming homeless.

A Royal Marine who’s serving a life sentence for killing an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan – will have to wait until next week before finding out if he will be granted bail – after the judge said he was delaying his decision. Sergeant Alexander Blackman has already spent three years in custody – but…

Militants open fire on students and staff at a university in Charsadda, in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring scores more.

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.

Afghan forces are fighting to regain control of the city of Kunduz after it became the first provincial city to be seized by the Taliban since the 2001 US-led invasion.

Channel 4 News has learned that the dead Afghan Taliban chief’s relatives are refusing to swear allegiance to his successor.

Akhtar Mansoor calls for unity among the jihadi group in a new audio recording – but Mullah Omar’s replacement is already causing bitter divisions in the Islamist militant group.

The Taliban attacks the symbolic heart of Afghanistan’s fragile new democracy as the new defence minister is sworn in.

Ten men are jailed for 25 years each for their role in 2012 Pakistan Taliban shooting attack on education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai.

Fourteen people are killed and nearly 80 wounded after bombs explode outside two churches in Lahore, Pakistan. A Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility.

A series of newly released images show the late Osama Bin Laden inside his Tora Bora compound in the Afghan mountains.

In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.

Pakistan lifts its moratorium on the death penalty for terrorists as the funerals of the 141 people killed in the Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school begin.

We spent much of yesterday at Channel 4 News trying to get hold of our friend and former colleague Mushtaq Yusufzai in Peshawar. Late last night he finally posted the following on Facebook: