Deadly route through a 'bomb alley' in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of two British soldiers has been rebuilt by a team led by a woman soldier from Wimbledon... more
Imran Khan is more than just a cricketing ladykiller who was married to Goldsmith heiress Jemima Khan. He now dedicates his life to politics and is passionate about Pakistan and the war on terror — so isn’t it time people took him seriously?... more
Make no mistake: we may have become used to images of British troops in action in Afghanistan but this latest offensive is a “must-win” campaign for the Coalition... more
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy leader of the Taliban, has been arrested after a joint operation by the CIA and Pakistan’s secret service, it is claimed ... more
The killing of 12 civilians in Marjah by two "stray" US marine rockets fired from a truck a few miles away suggests something more than an unfortunate blunder in the heat of battle. The use of the rockets bears the signature of a hi-tech war that American ground forces are reluctant to abandon... 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
Tamiron is a community on the edge of existence. So dirt poor that nothing grows there and the Taliban have given up raiding it. So forgotten that ISAF allied forces passed it by... more
Hundreds of farmers blew into this town, the capital of Helmand, over the weekend - their "tuk tuk" motorbike trucks kicking up clouds of dust - in a peculiarly Afghan gesture of defiance to the Taliban... more
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
Pakistani planes bombed Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan near the Afghan border today as the government said a ground offensive against insurgents was "imminent".... more
Probe into possible ballot rigging has been launched in an area of Afghanistan where British soldiers died fighting the Taliban ahead of the presidential poll... more
Preliminary results in Afghanistan's elections were being announced today amid allegations of fraud and fears that Taliban intimidation stopped many people voting... more
Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
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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