Middle East
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2 Dec 2011
Afghanistan's security forces face a $4bn ( 2.5bn) funding shortfall after 2014 - when they are supposed to take over...
16 Nov 2011
Serious doubts remain that Afghanistan will be able to recover nearly $1bn ( 631.4m)frittered away on disastrous...
8 Nov 2011
British forces are planning to take responsibility for a larger area of Helmand province to cover parts affected by the...
5 Nov 2011
Major General Peter Fuller, a top US commander in Afghanistan, has been relieved of his duties after criticising the...
7 Oct 2011
A British government review of the Afghan conflict is to warn that there are "significant risks" of civil war or a...
6 Oct 2011
After the initial US invasion Taliban recognising defeat wanted to talk peace: a formal surrender, the transfer of...
22 Sep 2011
The Taliban have refused to accept or deny responsibility for the assassination in Kabul of former Afghan president...
17 Sep 2011
What is the human cost of the war in Afghanistan for British forces? As British troop deaths reach 381, these are the...
15 Sep 2011
London barrister Naina Patel spent a year in a hostile Afghanistan province working to establish the rule of law. Safely...
14 Sep 2011
The American ambassador to Afghanistan has described a 20-hour assault on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military...
30 Aug 2011
The US government has wasted more than $30bn ( 18.3bn) on private contractors and grants in Iraq and Afghanistan over...
15 Aug 2011
A machine gun-wielding provincial governor took part in tackling a team of Taliban suicide bombers on Sunday when...
29 Jul 2011
Roadside mines have killed 23 civilians in southern Afghanistan, with a minibus and a tractor struck separately by...
28 Jul 2011
The cost of British military operations in Afghanistan is now officially estimated at more than 18bn, figures released...
25 Jul 2011
Five Afghan children have been injured, some seriously, by cannon fire from a British Apache helicopter, according to UK...
19 Jul 2011
Residents of Helmand appear optimistic that Afghan security forces are up to the challenge of taking the lead in...
14 Jul 2011
A suicide bomber has killed three people at a Kandahar mosque during a memorial service for Ahmed Wali Karzai, the...
27 Jun 2011
Pakistan has expelled a team of British military trainers sent to help with the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida,...
23 Jun 2011
What has been the cost to US forces of the war in Afghanistan? As Barack Obama announces a drawdown of troops, we map...
20 Jun 2011
The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, has confirmed that America is in direct talks with the Taliban, but said it...
26 May 2011
Britain's former ambassador to Afghanistan has attacked the conduct of the war by the US commander, General David...
11 May 2011
The west must state clearly that it will not abandon Afghanistan after the handover of security to local forces in 2014...
26 Apr 2011
Kandahar's prison may not be Stalag Luft III but in terms of ingenuity, organisation and sheer cunning the successful...
11 Apr 2011
For me there are two reasons to be an MP. First, I come from a political family: my father was also a member of...
11 Apr 2011
The war in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan and seriously undermining efforts to restore its democratic...