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Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan

by Tariq Ali and Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zamir...

New safety fears over Army vehicles after soldier killed

A British army soldier killed in southern Afghanistan is the 22nd to be killed while inside one of the Army's Warrior vehicles in Afghanistan and Iraq raising fears insurgents have found an effective way of attacking the...

One in 10 Army recruits 'bullied and intimidated'

Hundreds of young army recruits are still suffering from physical beatings and intimidation at the hands of their instructors, despite a series of fatalities at training camps in recent years and amid allegations that soldiers...

Karzai says violence 'stable'

President Karzai insisted violence in his country was not getting worse The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has said all efforts are being made "to bring violence down" after a bloody 24 hours in which at least 21 people died....

Two thirds want British troops out of Afghanistan: poll

More than two thirds of people in Britain believe that UK troops should leave Afghanistan within a year, a poll has found. Opposition to the deployment was highest among young people, with three quarters of 18 to 24-year-olds...

Defence secretary John Hutton to review use of controversial Land Rovers

John Hutton, the defence secretary, said last night he would consider a demand for an independent inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers, in which more than 30 British soldiers have been killed in Iraq and...

Afghan president's Downing St talks

Afghan president's Downing St talks Gordon Brown is holding early-morning talks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Downing Street. High on the agenda will be Kabul's calls for more international troops to fight Taliban...

James Denselow: The election of Barack Obama will allow the British to finally exit Iraq

The Brits have had enough. Seven years after the attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the financial crisis, twinned with the inertia of the lame duck President Bush, has created a great sense of war...

Military needs 'breathing space'

Mr Hutton said success in Afghanistan was vital to the UK's security The armed forces need "more breathing space" to equip them to face challenges other than Iraq and Afghanistan, Defence Secretary John Hutton has said. Mr...

Armistice 90 years on: 'All those pals of mine should be here'

Of all the millions of men who made up the vast military machines fielded by Great Britain, Germany, France and the Empire in a war that ended 90 years ago yesterday, only four remain. Three were at the Cenotaph in Whitehall...

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