Alex Thomson
In Afghanistan, the insurgents are resurgent
A 24 per cent spike in civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2014 suggests the Taliban and other insurgent groups are on the march again.
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Afghanistan war: We’re going to lose everything we worked for, says Kandahar NGO executive
We spoke to Pashtana Durrani, who runs a charity which focuses on getting girls into education in Kandahar. She is now trapped in her home while the Taliban edges closer. We asked what was happening there as we spoke.
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What now for US Afghan mission after Kandahar shootings?
With fears of reprisal attacks and a mass walk-out of Kabul’s parliament, Channel 4 News examines what lies ahead for the US soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians – and for the whole mission.
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Kandahar’s mayor killed in suicide attack
The mayor of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar has been killed by a suicide bomber – the latest in a string of attacks on influential officials in the country.
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Gangs of Kandahar: the city’s real power?
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals how a number of US and Nato units asked for help from Afghan militias previously blamed for assassinations and civilian deaths.
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Bombings in Kandahar are a warning to NATO say Taliban militants
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have claimed that the bomb attacks on 13 March that killed 35 people in Kandahar were a warning to NATO’s top general, who is planning a major offensive in the area. A fifth device exploded in the city on Sunday 14 March. Kandahar province is a Taliban stronghold, and militants are…
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‘The Taliban have a good PR, but they haven’t changed’ – Afghan NGO executive
Pashtana Durrani runs the charity Learn in Kandahar which focuses on getting girls into education. She has moved location a number of times to keep safe as the Taliban have taken one region after another in Afghanistan. She spoke with Jon Snow about the heightened sense of fear felt by people in her community. ‘People…
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Taliban taking control of 3rd largest Afghanistan city – closing in on Kabul
The onward march of the Taliban continues, as a series of key cities have fallen to their control in a week of heavy fighting, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, fearing a return to the insurgents’ brutal and repressive regime. As of this morning, Taliban-controlled areas included eight provincial capitals it had taken…
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Taliban claims to have taken control of more than half of Afghanistan
Many hope to leave the country, but are being forced to stay and make impossible choices.
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Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison to free 350 inmates
Afghan Taliban militants storm a prison in the central city of Ghazni, killing police officers and releasing more than 350 inmates.
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Taliban video claims operation inside Afghan airbase
The Taliban in Afghanistan release a new video detailing an operation inside Camp Bastion, Helmand province, just over a month after British troops handed over control of the base.
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British troops end combat operations in Afghanistan
British and US forces formally conclude their military involvement in Afghanistan – but after so much bloodshed, is this really ‘mission accomplished’?
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Alex Thomson
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Pictured: British troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash
The five British servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence, which said the crash was the result of a “tragic accident” – not a Taliban attack.
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Tributes paid to UK troops killed in Afghanistan crash
The government denies Taliban claims it shot down a military helicopter in Afghanistan killing five British servicemen, calling the crash a “tragic accident” as tributes are paid to those who died.
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Five UK soldiers feared dead in Afghan helicopter crash
The Afghan Taliban claim to have shot down a UK military helicopter which crashed on Saturday, killing five Isaf servicemen – all of whom are thought to be British.
