Terrorism

Confusion over who ambushed French soldiers reflects Nato's wider uncertainty about its enemy in...

guardian.co.uk     5 hrs ago   336 related          

Within hours of the news breaking of the ambush of French soldiers on Monday, text messages arrived on reporters' mobile phones in Kabul. At a community level, the names of local Taliban commanders are well known and few are...                    

Pakistan teeters as bombs go off

guardian.co.uk     6 hrs ago   171 related          

At least 60 people were killed yesterday by a twin suicide bombing at a military ordinance factory close to Islamabad, part of an upsurge of violence that comes as the Pakistani government teeters on the brink of collapse....                    

America's post-Musharraf policy

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago   135 related          

Rather than forge personal relationships with individual leaders, the US should make its pact with the Pakistani people A pair of suicide bombings earlier today that killed at least 100 people at a government arms factory near...                    

Olympians will salute you, Gordon Brown tells troops

timesonline.co.uk     5 hrs ago   44 related          

Philip Webster at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan Gordon Brown told British soldiers serving in Afghanistan yesterday that their achievements surpassed even those of the country’s Olympic stars in China. The Prime Minister went to...                    

Algeria fears tightening grip of al-Qaeda

ft.com     3 hrs ago   19 related          

By Andrew England in Abu Dhabi Following one of the most violent weeks in Algeria for years, speculation is likely to intensify about the strength of an Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda and the security forces' ability to...                    

Russia eyes new Syria arms deal

bbc.co.uk     6 hrs ago   56 related          

Syria was a close ally of the Soviet Union during the Cold War Moscow has announced it is ready to sell new weapons to Syria, triggering alarm from Israel. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any arms sales of "a...                    

Crunch talks for Pakistan leaders

bbc.co.uk     2 hrs ago   119 related          

The coalition must decide who will be Pakistan's new president Senior politicians are due to meet in Pakistan to try to resolve disputes which threaten to break up the coalition government. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...                    

Editorial: Heightened intensity of fighting in Afghanistan suggests that Britain requires a...

guardian.co.uk     6 hrs ago   7 related          

Anyone at Nato headquarters in Brussels, toying with the idea of enlarging the alliance to include parts of the Caucasus, should take a look at what is happening in its current field of operation, Afghanistan. Yesterday...                    

Guantanamo inmate wins right to see secret 'torture' evidence

independent.co.uk     6 hrs ago   23 related          

A British resident facing the death penalty at Guantanamo Bay has won his case for the Government to disclose secret evidence that he says supports claims he was tortured into confessing to crimes he did not commit. Binyam...                    

Six dead in fresh Afghan attack

bbc.co.uk     11 hrs ago   2 related          

Six Nato soldiers have been killed in new violence in Afghanistan, days after a deadly Taleban attack on French troops in the country, officials say. Three of the dead are Canadians, bringing to 93 the number of Canadian...                    

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