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As the 11th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan approaches, it remains a controversial subject. The number of members of UK forces to have died s...
While many will be looking back over the years of fighting and the lives lost, as the 11th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan passes, ...
Anti war activists will hold a "naming the dead" ceremony on Sunday as part of their campaign to bring British troops home from Afghanistan. Brit...
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...
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Incredible first-person footage has been released showing a US soldier in a recent firefight in Afghanistan. With his chest heaving and bullets hit...
An army officer singled out as "the principal architect of an extraordinary momentum of transition in security responsibility to Afghan forces" has be...
A soldier who ran through enemy fire to give first aid to a casualty wounded by an insurgent bomb has been recognised for his heroism. Corporal Sco...
An Army officer who returned to Afghanistan despite almost dying on his last operational tour has been recognised for his bravery in more than 50 high...
An Army engineer who risked his life to save a child hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has been awarded a Queen's Commendation for Bravery. Sap...
A soldier who led a bayonet charge through Afghan insurgent enemy fire and another who fought on despite being shot in the head have been awarded the ...
A collection of artists as diverse as those involved with the new AKA Peace exhibition should be used to handling unusual materials and objects in the...
The Taliban has released a video which the group claims shows militants preparing to attack Camp Bastion, in what was to be one of the worst attacks o...
The drones deployed by America with the aim of wiping out insurgents in north-west Pakistan are state of the art. The two types currently deployed ...
The British servicewoman who gave birth on the front line while serving in Afghanistan is back in the UK with her baby son. Lance Bombardier Lynett...
Some women who deny pregnancy might be much more likely than the general population to kill their newborns, sometimes through neglect, and these can be found in the lavatory, garbage disposal, or a hasty grave.
If we know one thing, we know wars are dreadful, the worst that can happen to mankind. So how can we deal with the awkward fact that, in the great sweep of human history, wars have surprisingly often produced the breakthroughs, in ideas as well as technologies, the rest of us then come to depend on?
The baby boy born on the British Army base in Helmand Province should be called “Bastion”, a military expert has suggested. Former soldier Maj...
A British servicewoman has given birth to a baby boy while serving in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said the soldier - who is understood to ...
An Edinburgh woman killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan sent a poignant tweet on the day she returned to the country's capital, wondering what wa...
Last Thursday, Minister Justine Greening demeaned and insulted the Commons with a saccharine flavoured quarterly report on Afghanistan. It was stuffed the culpable self-deluding optimism that has led to the deaths of hundreds of our soldiers. Justine sweetly looked forward to a happy-ever-after corruption and drugs-free Afghanistan.
A shadow minister has admitted that he did doze off during an emergency debate on Afghanistan but insists he has no recollection of doing it and now p...
A Labour MP has denied falling asleep during an emergency Commons debate on the war in Afghanistan, although he admitted the pictures look "awful". ...
Labour backbencher Paul Flynn was kicked out of the Commons chamber on Tuesday afternoon after he called defence secretary a liar. The anti-war MP ...
Western operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen are to be scaled back after a string of "green on blue" attacks in which local recruits turn the...
