How Bergdahl’s release turned into political defeat for Obama
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
Pakistan’s Taliban claims responsibility for the attack on Karachi airport, telling Channel 4 News it is in response to the killing of its chief in a drone attack last year.
The US soldier who was released by the Taliban at the weekend had walked off his base before, according to a leaked military report.
The Taliban publishes footage showing the release of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl. The 28-year-old was handed to US special forces in exchange for five Afghan detainees.
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
Photographs emerge on the Live Leak website apparently showing at least one British soldier posing next to a dead Taliban fighter. Some viewers may find images in this video distressing.
A photographer has been killed and a reporter wounded after an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan.
Two young men from Cardiff who both served with the British Army in Afghanistan tell their very different stories of return and recuperation.
The Taliban may threaten to wreck Afghanistan’s elections – but only a deal between the insurgents and the Afghan government can offer any resolution to the country’s troubles.
British-led Task Force Helmand comes to an end after eight years of frontline military operations in Afghanistan involving tens of thousands of UK servicemen and women.
The Twitter account of Sardar Ahmad, killed in the attack on the Serena hotel in Kabul, is being used to keep memories of the Afghan journalist alive and to update people on the health of his son.
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.
A bomb sniffer dog captured by the Taliban is from a British army unit, it is being claimed. Named as “Colonel” the animal has been pictured on “jihadist” website Al-Emara.
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.
Amid reports that Khan Said will replace Hakimullah Mehsud as leader of the Pakistan Taliban, Taliban sources tell Channel 4 News discussions are still underway, signalling disagreement at the top.
Pakistan’s foreign office summons the US ambassador and says that the drone strike which killed Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, has caused a serious setback to peace talks with the Taliban.