Army captain condemns conflicting loyalties and mistakes in war on heroinAn army officer who won the Military Cross in Afghanistan has branded many local police in the war-torn country tribal militias rather than a national crime fighting force.Captain Douge Beattie, who once fought off Taliban fighters with his bayonet in Helmand province, also said the [...]
The country needed answers on Iraq, but this limp inquiry couldn’t touch such a consummate performer as the ex PMThere was a moment during Tony Blair’s appearance before the Iraq inquiry – it came in the stretch when his limp inquisitors were fumbling an attempt to pin him down on the legality of the war [...]
Afghanistan could control security in some of its provinces by the end of 2010, a summit on the country’s future says.
Standard & Poor’s blames move on Britain’s weak economic environment and banks’ dependence on state supportBritain’s banking industry was downgraded by the international credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, as a result of the country’s “weak economic environment” and the banks’ “high” dependence on state support.In its second major intervention in Britain in the [...]
International conference in London sees coalition powers and regional allies take ‘decisive step’ towards country’s stabilityWorld leaders meeting in London today have agreed on a timetable for Afghanistan’s own forces to take over security duties in the country’s more peaceful provinces later this year and conduct most operations in more dangerous areas within three years.Afghanistan’s [...]
Afghanistan’s president says leaders expect to emerge from today’s London conference with a ‘clear agenda’ for the next five yearsBritish troops could remain in Afghanistan for another 15 years, the country’s president Hamid Karzai said today.In a BBC interview before the start of the London conference on the future of Afghanistan, Karzai said that although [...]
George Monbiot’s proposal that we should all contribute to his fund to arrest Tony Blair for the “illegal” invasion of Iraq is worrying (Wanted: Tony Blair for war crimes. Arrest him and claim your reward, 25 January). It suggests that the policies and decisions taken by the cabinet of this country should be dictated by [...]
Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons says the country’s only women’s prison is “in crisis” because of overcrowding.
Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons says the country’s only women’s prison is “in crisis” because of overcrowding.
By asking to be allowed to discriminate, bishops have done a great disservice to church members, and to their own reputationsChurch of England bishops have helped to weaken the equality bill as it passes through the House of Lords. They seem largely unaware of the damage such actions cause to the reputation and mission of [...]