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Travel book: <i>Tea with the Taliban: Travels in Afghanistan</i>
This book is the sort of journey it's great to read about from the comfort of your armchair.
NZ intelligence activities revealed in banned book
A book about the war in Afghanistan reveals details of the activities of New Zealand intelligence teams there.
Drone strategy may fuel al Qaeda desire for revenge
This month's strikes are said to have killed more than 100 people in remote tribal areas - many of them, inevitably will have been civilians.
Email claims soldier's death 'unnecessary'
A storm is brewing in Australian military circles over the release of a damning email.
Afghan elections 'already tainted'
Complaints of widespread irregularities in the Afghanistan election are pouring in.
MPs to vote on strategy for Afghan withdrawal
Britain is facing calls to set out a detailed timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Taking the high ground on drugs and war
It's all very well for Time magazine to wring its hands over the wretched women of Afghanistan, but what about innocent children in Massachusetts?
<i>Aust election:</i> Death at war casts shadow over talks
The shadow of Afghanistan again fell across the formation of Australia's new Government yesterday.
Aussie soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
An Australian soldier has been shot dead in a fierce firefight with Taleban insurgents.
<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Drug decriminalisation makes sense
The War on Drugs makes the Afghan campaign seem like a blitzkrieg akin to 1967 when Israel cleaned up Egypt, Syria and Jordan in six days and rested on the seventh.
Increase in Taleban brutality against women
The Taleban have stoned a young couple to death in Afghanistan for 'infidelity'.