Afghanistan
British pensioner arrested in Taliban stronghold on Afghan border
British pensioner arrested in Taliban stronghold on Afghan border
UK troops leave Helmand’s Sangin
Somali pirates: eyewitness account of the threat to cruise ships
Police arrested five “suspected Islamists” thought to be involved in a plot to assassinate the Pope in London. The five Muslim men, several of whom are from Algeria, are employed as street cleaners for a city contractor.
Karachi shut down after killing of exile Imran Farooq
Britain facing a new wave of terrorist attacks, MI5 warns
US takes on Taliban in UK’s wake
UK – Defence cut threat to the special relationship
UK – Concern grows over foreign involvement in spy’s death
UK – Defence spending: thousands of troops to be cut
UK – History ‘disappearing from schools’
British journalist freed by Taliban in Pakistan
Britain’s envoy to Afghanistan quits after ‘Taliban strategy clash’
UK army chief: How Blair and Brown betrayed our troops
Hamid Karzai sets up ‘peace council’ to pursue talks with the Taliban
US Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand
Radical Islam is world’s greatest threat – Tony Blair
UK – Algerian web pirates 2,000 miles astray in siege of Belvoir Castle
Afghan campaign turning the corner, says UK’s deputy PM
Pictures of the two suspected terrorists, from ABC News. Two Michigan men were detained in Amsterdam after arriving from Chicago and charged with “preparation of a terrorist attack.” Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi and Hezam al Murisi raised eyebrows when officials found a knife, a box cutter, and a cell phone taped to a Pepto […]
Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls
David Cameron Afghanistan ‘attack’ base is revealed
Afghanistan: Taliban attackers had pinpointed the helicopter David Cameron was in
UK faces new wave of homegrown attacks: report
US calls for Lockerbie bomber to return to jail
Pakistan – Geo News blocked over news of shoe hurling at Zardari
Killing of British doctor in Afghanistan ‘a cowardly act’ says British Foreign Secretary
Afghanistan – Slain workers undaunted by risks, friends say
Zardari claims win in terror row with UK
Hundreds expected at UK Muslim anti-terrorism camp