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Survivors' despair as Karadzic boycotts his war crimes trial

26.10.09
The war crimes trial of former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was opened and adjourned in The Hague after he carried out his threat to boycott proceedings... more

The road to peace cannot be built by democracy alone

22.10.09
The chaos of Afghanistan's election has focused minds on a grave and unsolved conundrum of the post-9/11 world: how does a society move from dictatorship to democracy without violence? ... more

It is still right for us to be in Afghanistan

11.09.09
Eight years on from the attacks on New York and Washington of 11 September, 2001, experts say al Qaeda has been greatly weakened... more

Vote-rigging probe in region where 10 British troops died

11.09.09
Probe into possible ballot rigging has been launched in an area of Afghanistan where British soldiers died fighting the Taliban ahead of the presidential poll... more

US envoy and Karzai have 'explosive' row over poll fraud

28.08.09
Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan held an 'explosive' meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the country's election... more

Pakistan must rise to its Taliban challenge

28.08.09
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, widower of the assassinated Benazir Bhutto, visits Downing Street today at a crucial point in British relations with his country... more

Soldier dies in hospital after Afghanistan blast

26.08.09
British soldier died more than a week after he was wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Now Pakistan must strike while the iron is hot

24.08.09
Despite the mayhem in Afghanistan and the crucial presidential elections there last week, the real focus of the US and Britain in the region remains on Pakistan, which at this moment has an unprecedented opportunity to turn the tide against the Taliban and al Qaeda... more

Both sides in Afghanistan election claim clear victory

21.08.09
Two frontrunners in the Afghanistan election both claimed victory amid mounting evidence that the poll was marred by intimidation and fraud... more

Taliban spokesman is captured in Pakistan

18.08.09
The Pakistani Taliban's top spokesman was seized by security forces in an operation near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said today.... 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

If we want peace, we'll have to talk to the Taliban

28.07.09
David Miliband's speech outlining a dual-track political and military strategy in Afghanistan is welcome - and long overdue... more

Only a serious shake-up can end this Afghan mess

13.07.09
We have had a progressively dysfunctional Parliament and government since 2002. In the confusion over Afghanistan, we are now seeing the culmination of the dysfunctional handling of our defence forces over the same period... more

Europe must not stand by while Pakistan unravels

11.06.09
The West has to aid the 2.6 million refugees who have fled the Taliban, says a leading Pakistani commentator ... more

Bomb kills 40 in Pakistan mosque

05.06.09
A bomb blast killed around 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of northwest Pakistan... more

How Britain blew its chance with the Muslim world

21.05.09
In March, just before President Obama's visit to London, the US embassy called my office at the Al Jazeera English bureau in London... more

Obama holds fire on more troops to fight the Taliban

17.02.09
Barack Obama said he would "shortly" make a decision over whether to pour thousands more US troops into the Afghan conflict... more

Obama runs into storm of protest over closure of Guantanamo

23.01.09
President Barack Obama’s honeymoon is drawing to a close, less than 48 hours after he took office... more

Hillary: the other woman in the life of the President

19.01.09
Barack Obama has another woman in his life from the moment he takes delivery of the White House keys: Hillary Clinton... more

Hillary Clinton selects squad of special envoys with husband Bill in line for Pakistan

24.12.08
Hillary Clinton is forming a "hit squad" of special envoys who will be sent to the world's troublespots to try to prevent conflict breaking out... more

Secret life of Serb butcher

22.07.08
The man hunted for 12 years over the deaths of 20,000 victims of Europe's worst conflict since the Second World War lived in disguise in Belgrade... more

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