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Afghanistan

12 Oct 2010

British aid worker in Afghanistan may have been killed by US grenade

An investigation has been launched into the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove, who may have been killed by her US rescuers not her Afghan captors.
11 Oct 2010

Afghans say they could have freed aid worker killed in armed 'rescue'

Serious questions are being raised over the failed military rescue attempt in Afghanistan that ended in the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove.
29 Sep 2010

CND welcome Miliband speech, but press him on Trident

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) have welcomed Ed Miliband's first speech as Labour Party leader and urged him to stick to his views on Trident.
14 Sep 2010

Religion can be a source of peace, says Tony Benn

The veteran campaigner Tony Benn has insisted that religion can be a source of peace in the world as well as a source of division.
12 Sep 2010

Ministers urged to publish facts on 'playstation warfare' in Afghanistan

UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is under pressure to publish information about civilian deaths caused by remote-controlled 'drones' in Afghanistan.
12 Sep 2010

Ministers urged to publish facts on 'playstation warfare' in Afghanistan

UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is under pressure to publish information about civilian deaths caused by remote-controlled 'drones' in Afghanistan.
20 Aug 2010

Tony Blair and the widow's mite

Looking a gift horse in the mouth is generally thought graceless and discourteous. But when the donor is a multi-millionaire ex-Prime Minister who took his country into a war of dubious legality and certain immorality, and the recipient is a charitable project for injured service personnel, the convention may justifiably be set aside.
17 Aug 2010

Afghan couple killed in first stoning since US invasion

The Taliban have carried out the first confirmed executions by stoning to be seen in Afghanistan since the arrival of western troops in autumn 2001.
12 Aug 2010

North American Mennonites honour aid worker killed in Afghanistan

Mennonites in North America are reflecting with sadness, but also hope, on the life of a development worker killed in Afghanistan last week.
11 Aug 2010

Humanitarian agency will continue work despite Afghan killings

The International Assistance Mission has rejected Taliban claims that 10 of its staff killed in an attack in Afghanistan had been trying to convert Muslims.

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