Cinema 03/01/2017 'Voir du Pays' is a is a psychological drama about two French female soldiers back from Afghanistan ‘Voir du Pays’ or ‘The Stopover’ is a psychological drama about two French female soldiers trying to put the events of Afghanistan behind them.
Aid Zone 20/10/2016 The long road back to Afghanistan More than half a million Afghans were expected to return to their war-torn country by the end of 2016 following Pakistan’s deadline to repatriate Afghan…
insiders 09/09/2016 Greece: Afghan migrants in limbo What was once a bustling airport outside Athens is now a makeshift camps for refugees with nowhere to go.
insiders 08/09/2016 Is peace possible in Afghanistan? Tales from a country torn apart by war Many Afghan nationals worked with the international forces in Kabul and elsewhere following the September 11 attacks in New York.
Afghanistan 20/08/2016 Taliban claim another success in northern Afghanistan The Afghan Taliban have recaptured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz, which they briefly overran last September before being pushed back by the Afghan…
Cinema 12/02/2016 The misguided decisions of a Danish Captain in Oscar nominated 'Krigen' The story is familiar. A contingent of soldiers is dispatched to the Afghan dust. This time they are Danish. Their mission is simple, at least on
Cinema 22/10/2015 Bill Murray stars in Barry Levinson's 'Rock the Kasbah' Bill Murray is back with a new comedy. In ‘Rock the Kasbah’, he plays a washed up rock manager who takes his last client on a tour of Afghanistan to
Afghanistan 17/10/2015 Taliban reign of terror: Harrowing accounts from the Afghan city of Kunduz The Taliban only held the northern Afghan city of Kunduz for three days. But stories have emerged of a reign of terror by the extremists, with women
Afghanistan 09/09/2015 Afghanistan marks 14 years since the killing of Ahmad Shah Massoud Afghanistan is marking fourteen years since the death of national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud .. with a ceremony attended by high-ranking officials and
Afghanistan 05/08/2015 2015 sees record number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan Civilian casualties, particularly those of women and children, have hit a new record in Afghanistan. In the first half of this year; nearly 5,000
Afghanistan 15/07/2015 Taliban leader appears to approve peace talks with Afghan government Reclusive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has purportedly written a message seeming to signal approval for peace talks with Afghanistan’s
Afghanistan 22/06/2015 Taliban claim attack on Afghan parliament A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen have attacked the Afghan parliament. “A suicide bomber blew himself up just outside the parliament
United Kingdom 13/03/2015 Britain commemorates end of UK involvement in Afghan war Queen Elizabeth joined veterans of the Afghan war and relatives of those who died, at commemorations in London marking the end of Britain’s
Afghanistan 28/12/2014 NATO formally hands over to new Afghanistan mission NATO has officially ended its war in Afghanistan with a ceremony in Kabul, replacing its combat mission with one to back up local forces.
United Kingdom 25/02/2014 UK: Former Guantanamo Bay detainee arrested on suspicion of Syria terrorism offences A former detainee at Guantanamo Bay has been arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences, police say. Moazzam Begg, who spent around
women-and-war 05/03/2012 Afghanistan's Women and War - Sima's tale From the Soviet invasion in 1979, to the conflict between NATO forces and the Taliban, Afghanistan has lived in a state of war for over 30
women-and-war 05/03/2012 Afghanistan's Women and War - Frozan's tale It is just another day at the Pajhwok press agency in Kabul, where reporting scenes of demonstrations and suicide bombs are common place. It is also
women-and-war 05/03/2012 Women and War - Farzana and Nafiza's tale Over the years, Farzana has become a familiar figure at the Ali Abad orthopaedic centre in Kabul. She works as Head of the prosthetics department
