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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

Daredevil adventures in Kosovo, Burma and the Arctic

09.10.09
A freezing night on the ice, an ambush in Kosovo and a terrifying encounter with the Burmese militia. Three adventurers recount their ultimate tales of derring-do... more

Obama: The fight in Afghanistan is for Nato, not just America

30.09.09
Barack Obama has warned that the fight in Afghanistan is not solely an "American battle".... more

‘Hundreds’ of British troops likely to die in US Afghan surge

28.09.09
Military chiefs are prepared for 'scores, if not hundreds' more British soldiers to die in a new troop surge to win the Afghan war... more

General: If we fail, the world’s terrorists will be intoxicated

18.09.09
Allied forces do not have the 'luxury of time' in the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan, a British military chief warns... more

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

Lockerbie: PM must come out of hiding

24.08.09
The repercussions from the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, are turning out to be very serious indeed... more

Truces agreed with Taliban for election day

17.08.09
The Afghan government has agreed local 24-hour ceasefires with the Taliban for Thursday's presidential elections... more

NATO sailors in hot water after racing dinghies near holiday beach

14.08.09
NATO sailors brought chaos to a packed Spanish beach when they raced rigid inflatable boats in a designated swimming area... more

Army bomb expert killed clearing way for vital supplies

22.07.09
One of the Army’s most highly qualified bomb disposal experts, Capt Daniel Shepherd, has been killed in Afghanistan... 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

WORLD: US marines storm Helmand

02.07.09
US forces launch their biggest offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama came to power in bid to wipe out opium trade funding the militants... 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

Al Qaeda ‘is greater threat to Europe than America’

03.04.09
Barack Obama has warned that Europe is at greater risk than the US of attack by al Qaeda as he sought to bury past differences with France in fighting terrorism... more

UK defence sector cautions on spending cutbacks

02.04.09
Britain's defence and aerospace industry is urging European governments not to pay for economic bailouts by slashing defence budgets and programmes... more

Pakistan tries to regain control of Khyber Pass

31.12.08
Pakistan has suspended the flow of trucks carrying Nato and US military supplies through the key Khyber Pass after launching an offensive against Taliban militants... 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

Interpreter 'betrayed Britain after suffering racism in the Army'

13.10.08
The interpreter for the British commander of allied troops in Afghanistan betrayed his country after becoming embittered by racism, the Old Bailey heard... 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

Jude Law in Afghanistan to call for peace after five children are killed during fighting

01.09.08
Hollywood star Jude Law travelled to Afghanistan today to call for peace as five children were killed in two separate incidents.... more

Solzhenitsyn, tortured poet of Stalin's Gulag

04.08.08
Russia is in mourning today following the death of Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who helped to free the Russian people from Soviet tyranny ... 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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