Improvised explosive device (IED)

For British troops in Afghanistan – and soldiers everywhere – the first battle to win is with themselves, writes Captain Doug Beattie in his latest blog from Helmand.

Exclusive: a lawyer tells Channel 4 News there could be evidence of war crimes in the Iraq logs made public by WikiLeaks which contain records of fighters being killed as they try to surrender.

The secret files show that two-thirds of deaths 2004-09 were civilians and that significantly more ordinary people were killed at checkpoints than enemy fighters.

Iraq’s war logs published by WikiLeaks reveal US troops appeared to abuse Iraqi prisoners after the Abu Ghraib scandal, turned a blind eye to Iraqi-on-Iraqi torture and imprisoned one in 50 Iraqi men.

Iraq’s secret war logs published by WikiLeaks show Iraqi civilians were attacked by US Apache Hellfire missiles and in some instances fighters were killed when trying to surrender.

Exclusive: a former MI5 officer tells Channel 4 News Afghanistan civilians named in the WikiLeaks war logs and their families could be “in great danger”.

Channel 4 News cameraman Stuart Webb blogs from southern Afghanistan where he is currently embedded with the US Army. You know that game at the fair where you try to shoot down ducks with an air rifle to get a prize? Well just lately I’ve been feeling a bit like one of those ducks. I’ve…

Nick Paton Walsh is currently embedded with the US Army in southern Afghanistan. We all heard the boom, but didn’t know what it had done. An hour later, it was clear from the sullen faces in the base headquarters, it had meant the worst. The skyline around the 82nd Airborne’s base, COP Winklemann, is a…

Exclusive: leading lawyer tells Channel 4 News leaked documents about the Shinwar shootings which left over a dozen civilians dead in Afghanistan could indicate “war crimes” committed by US marines.

I had just woken up when I heard the explosion. Instinctively I reached for my camera. Was this the beginning of a Taliban attack?

How does it feel to walk alone towards an unexploded bomb? Channel 4 News is given unique access to one of Britain’s IED units in Afghanistan and reveals a terrifying view of the loneliest job.

“I have the impression that we are the first TV team to be allowed out with the people who deal with the IED roadside bombs, the key insurgent weapon in Helmand,” writes Alex Thomson.

Alex Thomson joins a bomb disposal unit in Afghanistan on a mission to clear just three IEDs from a main road.

In a close-up account from behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, video journalist Vaughan Smith joins the Grenadier Guards to reveal the ambush strategies UK troops are using to beat the Taliban.

As insurgents use improvised explosive devices to fight British troops in Afghanistan, bomb disposal expert Captain Jon Evett recalls his personal experience leading a counter-IED team.