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Minister told to name sources in Afghan inquiry or face potential jail term
Johnny Mercer given 10 days to reveal source of claims British troops engaged in war crimesThe...
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Islamic State’s deadly Moscow attack highlights its fixation with Russia
The ISKP regional affiliate has a haven in Afghanistan and carried out recent bombings in Iran,...
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Cricket Australia cancels men’s T20 against Afghanistan due to concern over women’s rights
Australia postpones a second series in as many yearsIt comes amid fears conditions under Taliban are...
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Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic...
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Five killed in attack on Pakistan military post near Afghan border
Unnamed militant group drove vehicle laden with explosives into post and detonated suicide bombsMilitants have attacked...
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UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed
Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s...
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UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
MoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of...
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Biden ‘privately defiant’ over chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, book says
The Internationalists details how the president was determined to leave a country in which 2,324 US...
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Ben Roberts-Smith: ‘hard to understand’ how Afghan man died other than by unlawful execution, judge says
Court in former SAS soldier’s defamation appeal hears arguments supporting reports old man found in tunnel...
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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation appeal: news companies argue ex-SAS corporal’s case ‘fundamentally flawed’
Roberts-Smith, 45, is seeking to overturn June defamation trial judgment that found he engaged in war...
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Four of six aboard private jet survive crash in Afghanistan
Rescue teams find charter ambulance flight from Thailand to Moscow after it disappeared from radar screens...
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Afghan girls detained and lashed by Taliban for violating hijab rules
Girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban,...
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Iran bombings that killed at least 84
Afghan affiliate of IS claims responsibility for blasts in memorial crowd as Tehran tightens security on...
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Taliban causing ‘irreversible damage’ to whole education system in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch warns bar on women means unqualified men now teach boys, fewer subjects are...
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Heavily pregnant Afghan women eligible to come to UK stuck in Pakistan
People who worked for or were affiliated with the British Council may lose babies as government...