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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'.
Australian soldier dies in Afghanistan
An Australian special forces soldier has become the 18th to die in Afghanistan after being shot in northern Kandahar.
Aid to north at risk after medics' murder
Aid workers have been reviewing their operations in perilous Afghanistan.
Murdered eye doctor served 30 years
Militants in northern Afghanistan have brutally murdered more civilians.
Disfigured Afghan teen to receive new nose
The disfigured Afghan teenager whose photo was featured on a Time magazine cover has arrived in California for an operation
Senseless, brutal death of doctors committed to Afghanistan
Dr Woo and her colleagues had been asked by elders in Nuristan for medical aid. It was, she maintained, a duty for them to go
Surviving a bitter path to peace
A Kiwi soldier has published a book about his experience serving in Afghanistan.