Alex Thomson
Memories of Sangin as British forces return to help fight Taliban
Just over a year after British combat forces left Afghanistan, they are back, as the Taliban threaten to take the strategic town of Sangin.
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Taliban defiant as battle for Sangin rages
The Islamist group says Britain has made a “stupid decision” by sending troops back to Helmand province as its fighters battle Afghan forces for control of the strategic town of Sangin.
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A ceasefire 'deal' in Sangin that may cost even more lives
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, looks at the reported “deal” between US forces and local tribes in the Sangin area of Afghanistan which could see an end to attacks on allied forces in return for some degree of autonomy for local people.
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Can US forces succeed in violent Sangin?
As UK troops handover to British forces in Afghanistan’s Sangin, Nick Paton Walsh asks whether they will be able to succeed in the difficult area.
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Sangin pull out: British forces not ‘running away’
The handover of Sangin from British forces to the US is a tactical decision, and should not be construed as “running away”, Conservative MP and former soldier Patrick Mercer tells Channel 4 News.
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UK troops leave Afghanistan’s Sangin
British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin, in Helmand province, to the United States army.
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British troops back in Helmand province as Taliban advance
The Ministry of Defence says British personnel are there to advise the Afghan military and will not be taking on a combat role in the area.
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Alex Thomson
Resurgent Taliban threaten US exit strategy for Afghanistan
A New York Times article at the weekend suggests the Afghan police and army, whose efficiency was used to justify the US and British exit, are not up to the job.
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Alex Thomson
The pity of war
By chance I came across the following writing, when going through some files of work photographs recently.
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US troops to end Afghan combat role next year
As US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta announces an early switch from a combat to a support role, Alex Thomson reports from Kabul on what will become of Afghanistan once the Americans leave?
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Afghanistan 2012: the scramble to end an unwinnable war
As the US begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan and sets up an official Taliban office in Qatar, Alex Thomson looks at what 2012 could hold for the country and its long-running conflict.
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9/11 ten years on: British families remember
In a Channel 4 News exclusive, UK families affected by 9/11 and the war on terror tell their stories. As filmmaker Tim Lawton writes, they are united by loss and how they have lived with that loss.
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Afghanistan: the relentless search for hidden bombs
Captain Doug Beattie writes from the Afghan frontline on the relentless search for IEDs and recounts the courage of those whose job is to unearth the hidden bombs.
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IED hunter Olaf Schmid’s final hours: graphic timeline
The last day of bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid’s life was fraught with tension and danger. Channel 4 News maps his final hours as he took on Afghanistan’s enemy IEDs, often with his bare hands.
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Afghanistan: life with the bomb hunters
As new evidence emerges about bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid’s death, Sean Rayment, author of Bomb Hunters, writes about his time with the team in “one of the most dangerous places on earth”.
