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In 1992, 18 US peacekeepers were killed by Somalia militiamen in flip-flops. What went wrong – and did it set a ‘dangerous precedent’?
A US Black Hawk helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, September 2 1993

There was uproar when he claimed German military deployments could be necessary ‘to defend our interests, for example, free trade routes’
Horst Köhler: vowed to educate young Germans on economic basics such as supply and demand and the difference between a credit and a debit card

Islamist group bring their pregnant wives to clinics and hospitals demanding female doctors but ban women from midwifery
Women in Afghanistan are banned from training to become nurses or midwives

Major cross-government cuts another option but Armed Forces are in ‘woeful state’ and ‘hollowed out after years of underfunding’
Rachel Reeves with John Healey

If Lord Hermer is to remain in office he must be transparent about his dealings with Gerry Adams and those suing the army
Attorney General Lord Hermer KC

Attorney General Lord Hermer has previously spoken in court of special forces ‘unlawfully killing Afghan civilians’
SAS troops on duty

More than a decade after sustaining an injury in Afghanistan, Matt Dumper lost his leg. The Army Benevolent Fund was still there to help him
Matt first realised how bad his leg had become when an infection started destroying parts of his foot

Inquiry unit to ask military personnel who may have witnessed or know of special forces ‘executions’ to come forward
SAS

Fifteen inmates left inside notorious Guantanamo Bay as Biden executes final push to clear jail
Guantanamo Bay is home to 15 prisoners at an annual cost of $540 million

It is 2003 revisited as players are left in an invidious position by politicians to decide whether to boycott Afghanistan trip
Nasser Hussain tells a news conference that some of his players had been reduced to tears in trying to decide whether to play their World Cup match in strife-torn Zimbabwe, February 10, 2003

Former defence secretary urges caution over allegations that British soldiers illegally killed Afghan civilians
special forces illustration

Public inquiry hears allegation of a ‘deliberate policy’ by special forces of executing Afghan civilians including children
The Afghanistan inquiry has closed hearings in which the special forces have given evidence

Up to five elite troops allegedly involved in incident that occurred during secret operations in war-torn North African state
Two SBS Swimmer canoeists emerge from the sea with weapons ready

Figures from all sides of the political spectrum call for England to pull out of next month’s Champions Trophy match
Taliban

Network infiltrated by The Telegraph offers new life in heart of Europe or across Channel by routes that depend on price paid
Migrants being driven across the desert

Playing against the Taliban-controlled nation in the Champions Trophy will help legitimise the monstrous treatment of country’s women
Afghanistan cricketers

Through sheer determination, support from the Army Benevolent Fund, and a desire to honour his fallen comrades, Mark Harding defied the odds
Mark Harding

Islamist group warns Islamabad not to ‘underestimate our capabilities’ as it dispatches battalions of fighters to the border
Taliban security personnel keep watch from a helicopter following Pakistani air strikes inside Afghanistan

The trio helped smuggle people from Afghanistan through Iran, Turkey and the Balkans into France and Belgium
Zeeshan Banghis was one of the three gang members arrested by officers

Islamabad says terrorist hideouts were targeted and denies Kabul’s claim that mostly women and children died
Afghan victims of Pakistani air strike

Questions remain over how Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government will rule after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
Jeremy Bowen from the BBC interviewed Ahmed al-Sharaa, the de facto leader of Syria, inside the presidential palace in Damascus

Andy Reid, 47, refused to adopt a victim mentality after he lost his right arm and both legs while fighting in Afghanistan
Andy Reid

Sites to be used ‘temporarily’ to accommodate those who worked with UK during combat operations in country
A member of the UK Border Force helps an Afghan refugee at Heathrow Airport in August 2021

Council library refuses to put up ‘No To Taliban’ sign for ‘neutrality’ despite display featuring puberty blockers in hypodermic needles
Norwich's Millennium Library held an exhibition this year featuring images of bodies that had undergone gender reassignment surgery

Victim was member of the Haqqani network, an Afghan terror group, and the most senior official killed since Taliban regained power in 2021
The Taliban's official spokesman says the Islamic State was behind 'the cowardly attack' on a 'great fighter'

Al Carns alleged to have held back information until he became a Labour MP following July election
Al Carns, the veterans minister

This was the only path left for girls who had been excluded from other fields, say students in Afghanistan
An Afghan woman is checked by a nutritionist at a clinic run by the World Food Programme in Kabul