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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

British troops killed by policeman flown home

09.11.09
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Gordon Brown: Sorry if you can’t read my handwriting

09.11.09
Latest: Gordon Brown apologises for his poor handwriting and for misspelling the name of a dead soldier in a letter to the young man’s mother... more

Fall of the wall was a great day for Europe

09.11.09
The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion... more

To cut and run would be betrayal of those who died

06.11.09
After the murder of five soldiers by the renegade policeman Gulbuddin, Gordon Brown is today making another speech to explain why Britain is in Afghanistan for the long haul... more

Mother of shot soldier: 'Afghanistan was living hell for my son'

06.11.09
Mother of a soldier killed with four colleagues by a rogue Afghan policeman reignites the row over a shortage of equipment for British troops... more

Brown: Britain 'will not walk away' from Afghan mission

06.11.09
Latest: Britain cannot afford to 'walk away' from the mission in Afghanistan if it is to prevent future terrorist attacks, the PM will warn... more

Gunman gave away furniture on morning of shootings

06.11.09
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is an American citizen, born and raised in Virginia. His parents emigrated to the US from a Palestinian town near Jerusalem. Military officials said he is of Jordanian origin... more

Policewoman is massacre hero as she stops muslim major on rampage

06.11.09
Woman police officer was hailed a heroine after she tackled a gunman on a killing rampage at America’s biggest military base... more

You will lose our backing if corruption goes on, Brown tells Karzai

06.11.09
Gordon Brown warns Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai that the West could pull its support unless he tackled corruption and fast-tracked troop numbers... more

David Cameron: My faith and fear of failure

06.11.09
EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron reveals his faith in God, his fear of failure and his dread that another of his children could die... more

Clooney's barmy army in The Men Who Stare At Goats

06.11.09
The Men Who Stare At Goats, taken from Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about the US Army's attempt to use paranormal powers, doesn’t quite cut it.... more

David Cameron: Would I sack George Osborne? Yes absolutely if I have to...

06.11.09
Tory leader David Cameron talks revealingly about colleagues, policy and the faith that guides him... more

Afghan tragedy must not shake our resolve

05.11.09
The situation in Afghanistan was brought into sharp perspective yesterday when we learned of the death of five British servicemen at the hands of one of the Afghan policemen they were helping to train... more

British military tells Obama not to dither as UN evacuates 600 workers

05.11.09
Latest: British military chiefs urged President Obama not to dither over Afghanistan as the allied death toll continues to rise... more

Five heroes: Tributes to soldiers murdered in Afghanistan

05.11.09
Latest: Emotional tributes paid to the five British soldiers shot dead by a renegade Afghan policeman as military chiefs pledge to hunt down the men’s killer... more

Afghan police force 'is full of corrupt idiots who take drugs'

05.11.09
Afghan police force is filled with a 'band of idiots' who are corrupt, take drugs and open fire indiscriminately, according to a senior British soldier... 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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Grenadiers: proud to be one of the Army's oldest regiments

04.11.09
The Grenadier Guards is one of the oldest and most historic regiments in the British Army. Thirteen of its members have won the Victoria Cross and one the George Cross.... more

Afghan assassin kills five British soldiers in ambush

04.11.09
VIDEO: Five British soldiers killed as they drank tea when a rogue Afghan policeman opened fire inside a military compound... more

Rogue Afghan machineguns troops as they take tea break

04.11.09
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Now we need to see how David Cameron will deal with the EU

04.11.09
Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the Communists from power... more

Another £40 billion from us to the banks

03.11.09
The taxpayer bail-out of the banks continues apace, with the biggest cash injection by the state to date... more

Gordon Brown: I’m right to overrule drug advisers

03.11.09
Gordon Brown hits back in the drugs row, insisting he was right to overrule scientists on cannabis... more

Karzai vows he will stamp out corruption in his government

03.11.09
Afghan president Hamid Karzai pledged to create an inclusive government and banish corruption... more

Gordon Brown reveals he is an X Factor fan

03.11.09
Gordon Brown delivered a double blow to the BBC today as he questioned Jonathan Ross's salary - then revealed he preferred X Factor to Strictly Come Dancing... more

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

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