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Martin Amis: How the sexual revolution helped destroy my sister Sally

20.11.09
Martin Amis tells how the sexual revolution of the Sixties and Seventies played a part in destroying his sister by putting terrifying pressure on women... 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

Suicide blast kills 16 at courthouse

19.11.09
A suicide bomber killed 16 people and injured 26 outside a courthouse in the Pakistani city of Peshawar... 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

The Truss affair - and lessons for the Tories

18.11.09
The more we hear about South West Norfolk Conservatives, the more the heart goes out to the poor candidates trying to penetrate the closed world of local Tory associations... 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

‘Interfering’ Tories are warned of more revolts by the Turnip Taliban

17.11.09
David Cameron was warned to expect fresh 'Turnip Taliban' revolts by local Tory associations after a would-be MP survived a deselection attempt... more

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

Cameron ‘is interfering to save Tory from being sacked’

16.11.09
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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

Taliban 'policemen' slaughter six UN staff in their beds

28.10.09
Taliban suicide squad disguised as police massacred six United Nations staff as they slept in a guest house ... more

Taliban casualties mount in Pakistan

19.10.09
Pakistani soldiers killed at least eight Taliban fighters today in their offensive against a militant stronghold on the Afghan border... more

Pakistan bombs Taliban bases in build-up to ground attack

12.10.09
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

UN extends Nato mandate in Afghanistan

09.10.09
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of Nato-led troops in Afghanistan for a year.... more

‘Hundreds’ of British troops likely to die in US Afghan surge

28.09.09
Military chiefs are prepared for 'scores, if not hundreds' more British soldiers to die in a new troop surge to win the Afghan war... more

Vote-rigging probe in region where 10 British troops died

11.09.09
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

90 killed in Nato air strike on tankers

04.09.09
At least 90 people have been killed in a Nato air strike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, officials said... more

First indications of Afghan poll result out today

25.08.09
Preliminary results in Afghanistan's elections were being announced today amid allegations of fraud and fears that Taliban intimidation stopped many people voting... more

The Taliban won't stop us from voting, say defiant Afghanis

19.08.09
Hordes of Taliban gunman are fighting just outside the city, but people in Lashkar Gah are defying insurgent threats by promising to vote in tomorrow's election... more

Radical rethink of British operations is long overdue

17.08.09
These are grim and testing days for British troops in Afghanistan, and the Afghan people. And they are likely to get grimmer over the rest of this week, which the Taliban have chosen for their major offensive to disrupt Thursday's presidential and provincial elections... more

Truces agreed with Taliban for election day

17.08.09
The Afghan government has agreed local 24-hour ceasefires with the Taliban for Thursday's presidential elections... more

Taliban gaining upper hand, says US commander

10.08.09
Top American commander in Afghanistan is to call for more troops after warning the Taliban has gained the upper hand. ... more

Ambush shows Taliban killers were trained by professionals

07.08.09
The deadly ambush of the three members of the Parachute Regiment in Helmand indicates a great improvement in the Taliban’s tactical skills and military professionalism... more

British surgeons needed US help to treat 100 wounded

30.07.09
Exhausted British surgeons called in an American medical team to cope with a surge of soldiers wounded in fierce fighting against the Taliban... more

In one black day, four bodies arrive home and two more buried

28.07.09
Hundreds of mourners gathered today as the bodies of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan were flown home - and funerals took place for two of their fallen comrades... more

55 killed in Nigerian 'Taliban' attacks on police

28.07.09
Islamist militants seeking to impose a Taliban-style regime in northern Nigeria have launched attacks on police in three towns as part of a two-day campaign of violence that has killed at least 55 people... more

If we want peace, we'll have to talk to the Taliban

28.07.09
David Miliband's speech outlining a dual-track political and military strategy in Afghanistan is welcome - and long overdue... more

Armchair generals are courting strategic disaster

14.07.09
Pulling British forces out now from Afghanistan would be crazy and dangerous. It would hand victory to the Taliban and make life even worse for the millions of Afghans they prey on... more

Afghan dispatch: Locals think British are powerful, clever and cunning. If the enemy are stronger, it must be part of the plan

13.07.09
People in Helmand believe in the wild conspiracy that British troops have been helping the Taliban... more

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