The Prime Minister announced today that Britain's total military effort in Afghanistan will increase to more than 10,000 troops. In a detailed Comm...
Times Online | Johnny McDevitt | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
A former soldier convicted in connection with the death of an Iraqi hotel worker has accused an officer of pretending to set a young detainee on fire ...
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 11.06.2009 | World
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan...
GlobalPost | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
PARIS, France -- Whoever ends up presiding over Afghan chaos and corruption, Europe is losing patience fast with U.S. mission muddle and a president w...
James Denselow | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
The British priority in Afghanistan is less about any particular vision for a democratic, stable or terrorist free country, but rather the strategic future of NATO and more importantly the US-UK alliance.
Posted 10.14.2009 | World
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Press Association | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
An expert witness on the lawfulness of war in Afghanistan could be called to give evidence at the court martial of a soldier who refused to fight....
Independent | Tom Morgan | Posted 09.02.2009 | World
Britain's war effort in Afghanistan is being hindered by a number of frontline troops too fat to fight, according to a leaked Army memo. ...
Inter Press Service | Posted 08.29.2009 | World
By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanista...
New York Times | ROD NORDLAND and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
Commanders of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, as the American-led military coalition here is formally called, have a looming nomenclature problem....
Posted 08.28.2009 | World
By Nigel Morris and Kim Sengupta | The Independent A majority of the public believes that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable and British troops sho...
James Denselow | Posted 08.26.2009 | World
What is the best way for the people of the green zone to understand the issues of their fellow humans in the red zone?
Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
A group of 25 Iraqis who aided British forces in Iraq, mostly through interpreting services, will sue the government over inadequate security against ...
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
LONDON — Britain's defense ministry ordered an inquiry Monday into allegations that Iraqi civilians were tortured and killed by British troops f...
The Independent | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
The troops died in three separate incidents in Helmand province. The troops died in three separate incidents in Helmand province yesterday, taking t...
BBC NEWS | Posted 05.01.2009 | World
British forces have begun their official withdrawal from Iraq after the UK's commander in the south of the country handed over to a US general....
Johann Hari | Posted 04.18.2009 | World
Four army recruits were found dead at the while undergoing training. Two of them were 17. The army swiftly ruled that they were suicides. It is now clear that the truth is much more complex -- and dark.
The Independent | Kim Sengupta | Posted 03.05.2009 | World
The shattering blast from the rocket-propelled grenade forced us to dive into a ditch. A second round exploded almost immediately, leaving a swirl of ...
The Independent | Matthew Norman | Posted 01.18.2009 | World
At least this time there was no ballistic footwear. The last time Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to Iraq to announce troop withdrawals, he was wha...
BBC News | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Nine British troops have been injured in a "friendly fire" incident in Helmand, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. A UK Apache helic...
London Times | Jenny Booth and James Hider | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Six British soldiers have been picked off on the streets of Basra by an enemy sniper using the same rifle, an inquest heard today. Between the months...
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Britain froze plans Tuesday to withdraw about 1,500 soldiers this spring after the faltering effort to drive Shiite militias from Basr...
The Times | David Charter, Anthony Loyd and Richard Beeston | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Britain and Afghanistan fell out in spectacular fashion yesterday after President Karzai accused his British allies of bungling the military operation...
The Guardian (U.K.) | Nicholas Watt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
British troops feel 'devalued, angry' and are 'suffering from Iraq fatigue', according to the head of the army, who warns that Britain's military cove...
Posted 11.30.2009 | World