13 May 2012 Last updated at 13:12 ET Two British servicemen have been shot dead in southern Afghanistan by members of the Afghan national police force, the Ministry of Defence has said. A soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and a Royal Air Force airman died in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province. The MoD said...
27 April 2012 Last updated at 13:21 ET A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan has died from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says. The soldier was on patrol as part of Combined Force Nahr-e-Saraj (North) when he was killed. His family has been notified. Further details will be...
15 April 2012 Last updated at 14:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Bilal Sawary heard gunfire from his location in Kabul Militants have staged a wave of co-ordinated attacks on the Afghan capital Kabul and other locations. Foreign embassies, Nato’s HQ and the Afghan parliament were hit...
22 March 2012 Last updated at 15:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sustained gunfire was heard from the apartment building where Mohammed Merah was hiding A police sniper shot and killed the gunman who carried out a spate of murders in southern France, prosecutors say, after a 32-hour siege...
13 March 2012 Last updated at 14:52 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, were welcomed on their arrival in Washington David Cameron has arrived in Washington for a three-day visit, with Afghanistan expected to dominate his talks with US President Barack Obama. The leaders...
12 March 2012 Last updated at 15:11 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Man who lost several family members telephone appeal to President Karzai A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time rampage acted alone, US officials say. The Pentagon said in a media briefing that...
11 March 2012 Last updated at 16:15 ET A US soldier in Afghanistan has shot dead 16 civilians and wounded others after entering their homes in Kandahar province, Afghan and Nato sources say. He reportedly left his base early in the morning to attack village homes. Nine children are among the dead. The White...
8 March 2012 Last updated at 13:30 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Families of the British soldiers killed in Afghanistan talk about their sadness and pride The families of some of the six UK soldiers killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday have paid tribute to their...
7 March 2012 Last updated at 13:31 ET Initial assessments of the explosion which killed six British soldiers in southern Afghanistan suggest it was a “very large Taliban bomb”. Five from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment had been on patrol in Kandahar province on...
25 February 2012 Last updated at 14:23 ET Nato has withdrawn all its personnel from Afghan ministries after two senior US officers were shot dead in the interior ministry building in Kabul. Nato said an “individual” had turned his gun on the officers, believed to be a colonel and major, and had not yet...
