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Troops abroad 'are deprived of right to vote'

19.11.09
Ministers are facing demands to ensure that British troops fighting in Afghanistan or based abroad will be able to vote in the general election... more

British soldier killed in battle is 98th to die

19.11.09
A military policeman has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. His family have been told... more

Karzai begins second term with pledge on corruption

19.11.09
Video: Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghan president for a second term as America and Britain gambled on him tackling government corruption to defeat the Taliban insurgency... more

The best books of the year

19.11.09
Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months... more

Anti-war protest soldier to face military judge

18.11.09
Serving soldier faces up to 10 years in prison for speaking out against the war in Afghanistan is expected before a military judge to see if he will continue to be held in an Army jail while awaiting trial... more

Afghan tactics ‘may be too little, too late’

18.11.09
Gordon Brown warned that the campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan risks being jeopardised by doing 'too little, too late'... more

£45m lottery winner’s Marine son off to war

18.11.09
The son of Britain’s biggest lottery winner is preparing to fight in Afghanistan, according to reports... more

TA soldier killed after two weeks was awaiting kit

17.11.09
British soldier killed only two weeks after arriving in Afghanistan had complained about a lack of new body armour and helmets, it was revealed this afternoon... more

Hair transplant for West End's Sir Cameron Mackintosh

17.11.09
Four decades ago, he was a backstage assistant on a show which epitomised the Sixties counter-culture... more

Army’s latest tactic to defeat Taliban... give them bags of gold

17.11.09
NEW: British forces in Afghanistan should bribe potential insurgents to stop them joining the Taliban, according to a new Army manual... more

Miliband: Afghan war is not a fight to the death

17.11.09
Britain is not engaged in a fight to the death with the Taliban, David Miliband said... more

Old Bailey bomber held over soldier deaths

17.11.09
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Heroin wars, loan sharks and executions: the Turkish gangs terrorising north London

17.11.09
In a brave but disturbing interview, a law-abiding kebab shop owner sheds light on the thugs who caused him to flee his home, family and business in fear of his life... more

Brown: Afghan war is sapping al Qaeda morale

16.11.09
British action in Afghanistan is inflicting 'long lasting damage' to al Qaeda’s leadership, Gordon Brown said... more

All mod cons for convict Hamza. Preacher of hate gets £650 taps for his prison cell

16.11.09
Prison officials criticised for fitting new taps costing £650 in the cells used by extremist Muslim preacher Abu Hamza... more

Medal for Iraq hero has spelling mistake

16.11.09
A grieving mother was shocked to find a posthumous medal for her soldier son had a spelling mistake... more

I want you back, says Belle de Jour’s lover

16.11.09
Ex-boyfriend of call girl Belle de Jour told how he still loves her and would give anything to win her back... more

Margaret Hodge: I'll drive BNP's Nick Griffin out of Barking

16.11.09
Government minister Margaret Hodge vowed to 'expose and expel' BNP leader Nick Griffin after it emerged he would contest her east London constituency at the general election... more

Home Secretary defends ‘danger bonuses’ worth millions to MoD officials

12.11.09
Video: Home Secretary Alan Johnson defends bonuses paid to civil servants in the Ministry of Defence despite backlash from families of British troops killed in Afghanistan... more

We must support the US in Afghanistan

11.11.09
The war in Afghanistan is - notwithstanding the steady toll of British deaths and the deployment of more than 9,000 personnel - largely being fought by the Americans... more

Obama wants Nato to send troops for 'surge'

11.11.09
Barack Obama is on a collision course with many of the Nato allies over their refusal so far to deploy more troops to Afghanistan... more

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

Senior Labour MP calls for pull-out from Afghanistan

04.11.09
Gordon Brown's Afghanistan strategy faces an unprecedented challenge after a senior Labour MP broke rank to call for the phased withdrawal of British troops... more

'The patrol protects a bridge used by farmers daily'

04.11.09
The operation in Nad e-Ali was described in a blog posted on 26 October by Major Paul Smyth, right, from the UK Forces Media Ops team. The team is located in Helmand at the Task Force HQ and in London at PJHQ and works to support the coalition forces together with the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development. ... more

Don’t give up on the people. We must tackle the police who let them down

04.11.09
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Obama ready to pay Taliban who lay down their weapons

28.10.09
President Obama is expected to sign a Bill that would allow payments to Taliban fighters if they renounce violence... 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

Modest increase smacks of muddling through

14.10.09
Gordon Brown is drawing a line in the sand, or rather the dust of Helmand, with the long expected announcement that he is to increase the number of British troops in Afghanistan - for a limited period... more

PM agrees to Army’s request for 2,000 troops

09.10.09
Gordon Brown is ready to order up to 2,000 extra troops to Afghanistan as Barack Obama weighs up whether to order a 'surge' of American troops into the country... more

Plundered treasures seized at Heathrow go on show in Kabul

07.10.09
Dozens of stolen Afghan antiquities have gone on show in Kabul after British customs officials seized them as they were smuggled through Heathrow.... more

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