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Afghanistan

13 articles, sorted by name / date

William Hague: A stable Afghanistan means fewer threats to NATO and its allies »

Foreign Secretary’s visit to Afghanistan

We all share a common objective in Afghanistan, which is to ensure that the country never again becomes a safe haven for international terrorism. We also share a common purpose: to build the capacity of the Afghan national security forces and the Afgh...

Tue 29 Nov 2011 by William Hague | Read more »

Protesters pay respects to war dead »

Anti-war protesters met in Glasgow last week in a ceremony to marked the ten-year anniversary of the Afghanistan war. Around 50 people gathered on the Clyde Street suspension bridge for the 'naming of the dead' memorial that was organised by the Stop ...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by David Lyons | Read more »

Scottish aid worker's death probed  »

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Reports have claimed that a member of US Special Forces could face disciplinary action over his involvement in the rescue attempt during which captive Linda Norgrove died on 9 October. Although Foreign Secretary William Hague reported that the 36-year...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Rachel Hunt | Read more »

Kidnapped Scottish aid worker killed »

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A Scottish woman kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan on 26 September was killed as NATO forces attempted to rescue her on Saturday. Linda Norgrove, a 36-year old from the Isle of Lewis, was working for the Development Alternatives Inc (DAI), a Washington...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Rachel Hunt | Read more »

NATO chief: Women are key to success »

Women and wider cooperation between international organisations are essential to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan according to the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). In a lecture delivered at the University of Edinburgh, the sec...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Children of the Jungle »

Children of the Jungle

At 7.30am on 22 September, a day after the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, French riot police moved into a plot of land on the outskirts of the port city of Calais where some 270 migrants and asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan, had b...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by William Spindler | Read more »

The US-led Pak-Afghan Disaster »

A recent terrorist attack on the Pakistan army headquarters (GHQ) is another manifestation of the fragile peace and security in the country, as well as having broader implications on the region as a whole. Peace in Pakistan is not an internal issue but...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi | Read more »

Scots junior minister quits government over Afghanistan policy »

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A parliamentary aide to the defence secretary has resigned in protest to Labour’s strategy in Afghanistan. Eric Joyce, MP for Falkirk, quit this month following the announcement of two more British deaths in combat. The former private secretary ...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Emma Towers | Read more »

Army failures blamed for death of "selfless" Edinburgh paratrooper »

Corporal Mark Wright

The inquest into the death of Edinburgh paratrooper Mark Wright, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for bravery, has found that significant failures on the part of the British army contributed to the 27 year-old's death in an Afghan minefield ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Afghanistan casualty rate approaches WWII proportions »

Military in Afghanistan

UK casualty rates in Afghanistan are approaching World War Two levels, as the world's focus turns from Iraq to the fight against the Taliban.The most recent figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the period of 1 January 2006, to 30 September 20...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Emma Blinkhorn | Read more »

Scots troops to spearhead Afghan offensive »

Reports of an impending redeployment of Scottish troops to Afghanistan next April have raised concerns over reduced leave causing fatigue amongst Britain's hardest working soldiers. According to the sources, 1,500 soldiers from the Royal Scots Borde...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by John Geddie | Read more »

Afghan Student Journalist Faces Execution »

A student journalist in Afghanistan is facing public execution for distributing an article on women's rights in what is believed to be the first example of the death sentence being applied for an internet-based breach of national law. Sayed Parwez Kamb...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 | Read more »

Human Rights: Freedom of speech, Afghan style »

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Few cases illustrate more starkly the huge amount of work required in the liberalisation of post-Taliban Afghanistan than that of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh. As a journalism student at Balkh University, Mr Kambakhsh committed the heinous crime of downlo...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Read more »

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