The biggest worry of the Afghan people is lack of shelter, jobs, schools, clinics and clean water. And poverty helps the insurgenct, as young Afghans join up purely because they have no options... more
AT least five people, including a child, were killed and about 40 injured today when Taliban insurgents launched co-ordinated attacks in the protected government area of Kabul... more
In a breathtakingly beautiful mountain valley several miles from Kabul, Colour Sergeant Paul Hogan is doing his best to get Britain out of Afghanistan.... more
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
Barack Obama has rejected all the options put forward by advisers on the war in Afghanistan because they do not have a clear enough exit strategy, it emerged... more
The bombings of Kabul's principal hotel destination for Westerners and of a hostel approved for UN workers underline the scale of the challenge facing Nato in Afghanistan ahead of the presidential election runoff... more
Dozens of stolen Afghan antiquities have gone on show in Kabul after British customs officials seized them as they were smuggled through Heathrow.... more
It is better known for disasters and hijacking than in-flight service, but one of the world's most notorious airlines could be flying to London by next spring... more
Troops in Afghanistan are to be banned from drinking after US military chiefs found soldiers reporting for duty either drunk or too hungover to work... more
One of the youngest people ever held at Guantanamo described his ordeal after being welcomed home to Kabul by his relatives and Afghanistan's president... more
Police stormed a bank in Kabul today and killed three insurgents as a wave of violence hit Afghanistan before tomorrow's presidential election.... more
US Special Forces soldiers carried out a daring night-time raid to free a kidnapped American in Afghanistan - the first known hostage rescue by American forces in the troubled country... more
The interpreter for the British commander of allied troops in Afghanistan betrayed his country after becoming embittered by racism, the Old Bailey heard... more
Director of The Kite Runner Marc Forster has been accused of endangering his Afghan stars and cultural insensitivity. In a frank interview, he defends himself - and reveals his next challenge.... more
Stray Dogs, a film about children in Afghanistan in prison with their mothers, is well shot but you do get the feeling that you've seen something like it before.... more
As the election looms ever closer and dozens of Tory dinosaurs are about to become extinct, who are the shiny new faces who will sit behind Dave? It seems Cameron’s mates are in for some hefty competition...
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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