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US will send 34,000 more troops but not until March

09.11.09
British military chiefs called for a swift troop surge in Afghanistan amid reports that extra US forces may not arrive until March... more

Tony Blair blasted by Archbishop at Iraq war service

09.10.09
Tony Blair comes under attack from the Archbishop of Canterbury and a grieving father at a remembrance service for the Iraq war dead... more

Brown under pressure as minister confesses: ‘We don’t have enough helicopters’

22.07.09
Gordon Brown acknowledged the pressure for 'more helicopters in general' in Afghanistan after Government minister broke ranks and admitted there were not enough... more

Fury at Labour peer’s attack on ‘disloyal’ Dannatt

21.07.09
Senior Labour peer sparks outrage by accusing Britain’s military chiefs of giving 'succour' to the Taliban... more

Military chiefs up in arms over Dannatt’s Afghan ‘shopping list’

17.07.09
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Army chief: I have to borrow a helicopter from Americans

15.07.09
Britain's most senior general went public with a plea for more troops, equipment and helicopters to fight the war in Afghanistan... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... 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

More troops die in Afghanistan in blackest week yet

10.07.09
Criticism of the war in Afghanistan increased as it was announced that two more British soldiers have been killed, meaning nine serviceman have died in the last nine days... more

Defence review 'to cut spending after next election'

07.07.09
Government paves the way to slash defence spending but put off key decisions until after the next election... more

2.8% increase in Army pay bucks public sector squeeze

31.03.09
The Armed Forces were exempted from a crushing public sector pay squeeze in recognition of their sacrifices in Afghanistan... more

National celebration day for armed forces and veterans

22.01.09
A new Armed Forces Day will be held on 27 June each year to honour all members of the services past and present, ministers announced... more

Let’s face it: Iraq has been nothing short of a British military humiliation

18.12.08
Suicidally ill-equipped and hopelessly outnumbered, our forces have faced an impossible task in Basra and Baghdad. We must make sure Afghanistan is not the same fiasco... more

Brown: Troops have completed the task and leave a better place

17.12.08
A withdrawal of troops from Iraq is confirmed, fuelling speculation that more will be sent to Afghanistan... more

Harry will be terrorists’ No 1 target back in Britain

29.02.08
Prince Harry is being pulled out of Afghanistan for his own personal safety after details of his tour of duty fighting the Taliban were published on a US website.... more

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