War on terror: special report

A suicide bomber has struck the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing 43 people. It is the second major attack this week in the country, which continues to face problems from last month’s floods.

Rebel fighters targeting Somali MPs have killed at least 31 people in a suicide attack. Jonathan Rugman reports on what has been described as an “indiscriminate” shoot-out.

As the war in Afghanistan continues nine years on, author James Fergusson analyses the success of the Taliban and asks how the insurgency has managed to endure the world’s mightiest armies.

With the UN saying CIA use of drones in Pakistan is “illegal”, Channel 4 News correspondent Sarah Smith visits an army base training soldiers to use them as America’s main weapon against al-Qaida.

It was “never any real surprise” when the only gunman captured alive after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was convicted of murder and waging war, says Asia Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh.

Evidence suggests al-Qaida was behind the failed suicide bomb attack on the British ambassador to Yemen, says Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Rugman.

Channel 4 News reveals Taliban insurgents fighting British and US forces are being supported by Iranian weapons – mines, mortars and plastic explosives – smuggled over the border, writes Nima Elbagir.

An investigation for Channel 4 News reveals the story of a suicide bomber who grew up in Ealing before travelling to Somalia. Jonathan Rugman follows the path taken by newly radicalised youths.

Exclusive: a member of an investigative team working for Channel 4 News met Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian now charged with trying to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit.

Jonathan Rugman visits Yemen’s capital Sana’a and finds a city battling poverty, insurgency and the threat of terrorism.

International political commentators say that Yemen’s lawlessness, porous borders and poverty have made it a safe haven for al-Qaida and a breeding ground for terrorism.

Obama came to power promising to close Guantanamo Bay. In June 2009, Channel 4 News talked to his top security official about the threat of al-Qaida and the controversial detention camp.