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UN extends Nato mandate in Afghanistan

09.10.09
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of Nato-led troops in Afghanistan for a year.... more

Afghan girl killed in RAF leaflet drop

30.09.09
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British soldier killed in Afghan bomb attack

03.09.09
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Afghanistan: Soldiers fire 'road rage' rocket at Nato

01.09.09
Afghan troops fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Nato convoy in an apparent "road rage" incident on Kabul's busiest highway, it has been revealed... more

Sending more troops now could see them return sooner

18.08.09
The outline of a new co-ordinated action plan for Afghanistan is emerging from the shadows - and it is likely to mean that British fighting troops leave the country much sooner than most have been predicting.... more

On election eve, weary Afghans make do as Taliban keeps up the carnage

18.08.09
The Taliban cast their long shadow over preparations for the Afghan election when a suicide bomber killed at least seven people in Kabul... more

More bodies flown home as Obama says fight must go on

18.08.09
Barack Obama and David Miliband tried to shore up support for the war in Afghanistan as the bodies of three British soldiers were flown home... more

Rory Stewart: The PM knows we shouldn't be in Afghanistan

12.08.09
The man who briefs Obama's team has a new mission: to clean up British politics. Will Parliament prove even more dangerous for Rory Stewart than Kabul or Iraq?... more

Soldier dies in Afghanistan bomb blast

12.06.09
A British soldier has been killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan.... more

Nato must face its Afghan dilemma

03.04.09
President Obama’s message to European leaders at the Nato summit in Strasbourg has gone straight to the heart of the biggest dilemma facing the organisation, today celebrating its 60th birthday: what to do about Afghanistan... more

Two British soldiers killed in Afghan blast

16.03.09
Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

MoD smeared me by claiming I had affair with colonel to obtain secrets

06.02.09
A human rights campaigner has accused the Ministry of Defence of smearing her by claiming she had an affair with an Army colonel in Afghanistan... more

British colonel accused of leaking Afghan secrets

04.02.09
A senior British Army officer is set to be questioned by Scotland Yard over allegations he leaked sensitive military information... more

Interpreter who spied for Iran gets 10 years

28.11.08
The Army corporal who was personal interpreter to Britain's top general in Afghanistan was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey for spying for Iran... more

Pakistan troops open fire on US helicopters

26.09.08
Tensions between Pakistan and America rose sharply after the US military said US and Afghan forces had exchanged gunfire with Pakistani troops... more

Paras kill children in Afghan rocket attack

18.08.08
An investigation is under way after a group of Afghan civilianswere accidentally killed by rockets fired by British troops... more

Army woman dies in secret SAS operation

18.06.08
A woman was among four British soldiers killed by a roadside bomb during a secret mission in Afghanistan... more

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