iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app More

Ied

The Mastiff Isn't Unsafe - What Are the Real Question That the Media Should Be Asking?

Alex Ford | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Mastiff, British Troops Afghanistan, British Troops, Afghanistan, Ied, Afghanistan War, Explosions, UK Media, UK Politics News
Alex Ford

Let's be clear on something here. The Mastiff is STILL the safest form of transport. The news should not be about the failure of the Mastiff to protect the troops travelling inside, but more about the fact that the insurgents had built a massive bomb capable of beating the armour of a Mastiff.

Read Whole Story

Afghan Interpreter Ordered To Leave UK Wins Reprieve

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Asylum Seekers, Afghanistan, Ied, Afghan War, Captain John McDermid, Home Office, Immigration, Poll, Taliban, UK Border Agency, Mohammad Rafi Hottak, Taliban Bomb, Asylum, UK News

An Afghan interpreter who was blown up by a Taliban bomb whilst working with British forces is to have his failed asylum bid reconsidered in an embarr...

Read Whole Story

Nato Air Strike 'Kills Family Of Eight' In Afghanistan

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Civilian Deaths, Airstrike, Paktia, UK News, Afghanistan, Ied, Nato, Afghan, Kabul, Helmand, President Karzai, Afghan Civilians, News, NATO Airstrike, UK News

Eight civilians, including a woman and six children, have been killed by an Nato airstrike in the Paktia province of Afghanistan, local officials have...

Read Whole Story

Jarvis Is First Politician To Get MBE For 60 Years

pa | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Improvised Explosive Devices, UK News, Afghanistan, Ied, UK Diary, Dan Jarvis, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Mbe, UK Politics News

A former Army officer turned MP is to become the first serving politician in more than 60 years to be awarded a military honour when he receives an MB...

Read Whole Story