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Three British soldiers were shot at point blank range by a man wearing a Afghan police uniform at a checkpoint in Helmand Province, the Ministry of De...
Tension between Turkey and Syria rose on Tuesday with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan explaining to his parliament that Turkish military rules of engagement h...
Prime Minister David Cameron today hailed the soldiers who rescued a kidnapped British aid worker in Afghanistan in an "extraordinarily brave, breath-...
The rescue of a British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan last month was an "extraordinarily brave, breath-taking" operation, Prime Minister David C...
The international community knows that the situation is bad and getting worse but lacks the unity and political capital to do anything about it
As the 2014 withdrawal date for American and British combat troops creeps ever closer the rhetoric coming from leading politicians about the great strides that have been made by Afghan forces has increased significantly.
Bashar Al Assad must be rubbing his hands with glee. His heavily armed security forces and henchmen are killing the Syrian people right under the noses of the UN observers and the noses and ears of the silent witnesses Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon. The UN and NATO are unwittingly providing cover for the massacres in Syria.
Eight civilians, including a woman and six children, have been killed by an Nato airstrike in the Paktia province of Afghanistan, local officials have...
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier was from the 1st Battalion, The Royal W...
At a women's shelter I saw some of the consequences of Afghanistan's ingrained patriarchy. I talked to a teenage girl married off to a 70-year-old man who then suffered sustained beatings at the hands of the man's family. I also heard from a young widow who explained how she'd escaped her father-in-law who wanted to force her into marriage after her first husband had died.
David Cameron has defended his decision to speak out on the eurozone crisis, saying it would be "dangerous" for him to stay silent. The prime minis...
Small numbers of British troops could remain in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the main force in 2014 to combat international terrorism. As in...
When Secretary of State Clinton and all the NATO foreign and defense ministers convene in Brussels today, they will have one issue topping their agenda: the tumultuous, fragile situation in Afghanistan. With the deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan fast approaching, the enigma of finding a lasting solution has become even more perplexing.
An extensive report into the deaths of scores of African migrants who were left adrift at sea while trying to flee the war in Libya has suggested that...
There are very few who sign up to join the armed forces for the comfort, the laid back lifestyle and the ample personal space and privacy. Incredib...
A gunman dressed in an Afghan army uniform shot two British soldiers in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond confi...
A gunman dressed in an Afghan army uniform has killed two Nato troops in Southern Afghanistan, Isaf said on Monday. "According to initial reports a...
A major offensive on Taliban strongholds has been launched by Afghan security forces, supported by British troops. Among those overseeing the Afgha...
The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan villagers had been drinking alcohol and was suffering from stress and tensions with his wife on the nigh...
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has told US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that Nato troops should pull back to their bases and Afghan forces should tak...
The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians during a shooting rampage in Kandahar on Sunday has been flown to Kuwait. Although Afghan off...
Insurgents in Afghanistan have opened fire on a government delegation at a service marking the deaths of 16 villagers shot by a US staff sergeant. ...
Afghan politicians are demanding that the US soldier allegedly involved in the killings of 16 civilians faces a public trial. The call came in a st...
British troops could be killed in reprisal attacks after an American soldier allegedly gunned down 16 villagers in southern Afghanistan, the former co...
Taliban insurgents have threatened to carry out revenge attacks after a US soldier went on a shooting rampage in Afghanistan, killing at least 16 civ...
