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Taliban cowards 'will go to hell'

06.11.09
The Pakistani Taliban leader urged his fighters to stand fast against the military offensive in South Waziristan, warning that cowards "will go to hell"... 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

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

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

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 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

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

04.11.09
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'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

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

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: 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

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

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