Richard Holbrooke, the architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace plan and President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, dies aged 69... more
Gordon Brown gives public apology to the families of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan for sending them letters of condolence two years late... more
Head of the Army warns that Britain will not 'cut and run' from Afghanistan and vowed that troops were unlikely to pull out for another five years... more
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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