As Libyans celebrate the death of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Nato chiefs are to meet in Brussels to discuss the future of the air campaign... more
NATO has shelled the area near Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's compound in an apparent attempt to weaken the Libyan leader's hold on Tripoli as rebel troops moved on the capital... more
NATO refuses to apologise for killing four Libyan rebels in a "friendly fire" attack, saying its troops had not known the rebels had begun to use tanks... more
Pakistan said today it had not decided when to reopen a border crossing in the Khyber Pass used to supply Nato troops despite a US apology for the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers. The crew of a Nato helicopter mistook them for insurgents fleeing across the Afghan border. General David Petraeus said he would work with the Pakistani army to make sure it did not happen again. The Taliban have set alight scores of petrol tankers stranded by the closure.... more
Taliban fighters set fire to 25 petrol tankers and killed a driver today, the sixth attack in a week on convoys bound for Nato troops in Afghanistan... more
Head of Britain’s armed forces admits the killing of 12 Afghan civilians by stray US rockets was a 'very serious setback' to a massive Nato operation in Afghanistan... more
Bid to lure Taliban fighters away from insurgency with job offers will be high the agenda when 70 countries meet for crucial talks on future of Afghanistan... more
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
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
Britain's defence and aerospace industry is urging European governments not to pay for economic bailouts by slashing defence budgets and programmes... more
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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