カテゴリー: Military
Naval strike group is sailing through waters heavily contested between China and neighbouring countriesBritain has said it has no plans to stage a naval confrontation with China in the South China Sea and that it aims to send its carrier strike group i…
The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solveFriends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. …
Stewart Britten asks how we will support the people of Afghanistan if the Taliban retake KabulBoris Johnson said of the withdrawal of the last British forces from Afghanistan that 3.6 million Afghan girls are now in school and women hold over a quarter…
Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that started the ‘war on terror’. Speaking in the Commons, the pri…
Labour says ‘washing hands’ of conflict now will lead to bloodier war and wider Taliban controlBoris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years a…
PM says he is ‘apprehensive’ and situation is ‘fraught with risks’ as Taliban make advancesBoris Johnson has admitted he is “apprehensive” about the future of Afghanistan as he confirmed that the UK government would mark the end of a 20-year deployment…
Sources say end to official role in two-decades long conflict imminent despite resurgent Taliban Britain is expected to bring the last of its regular troops home from Afghanistan over the weekend, ending its official role in a two-decades long conflict…
As coalition troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years, former soldiers, key officers and the public are asking what went wrong with some special forces “Whatever we do … ,” one Australian special forces soldier said of his service in …
Moves to relocate hundreds of Afghans who worked for the British military and government will be accelerated owing to fears for their safety as foreign forces prepare to leave the country. More than 3,000 Afghans, including their relatives, are expecte…
Exclusive: Costs of War study looked at losses suffered by Nato allies over 2001-17, finding UK lost 455 lives British and Canadian troops were more than twice as likely to get killed in Afghanistan as their US counterparts, according to a study that l…
Britain’s justifications for invading were having influence and deterring terror. They are just neo-imperialist platitudesThe longest, most pointless and unsuccessful war that Britain has fought in the past 70 years – its intervention in Afghanistan – …
A reconsideration of Britain’s place in the world is necessary. But this paper fails to meet the challenges of the 21st century The integrated review offers a nostalgic – at times, even anachronistic – response to the challenges of the 21st century. It…
Critics warn of imperial fantasy but the economic and political forces pulling the UK back to the region are realSome will call it a tilt, others a rebalancing and yet others a pivot but, either way, the new big idea due to emerge from the government’s…
MoD wants to procure cheaper armed drones for UK as it studies lessons from recent conflict in Nagorno-KarabakhThe UK’s military is expected to embark on a new armed drone programme in response to Azerbaijan’s controversial use of the technology in its…
Government expands scheme for linguists who risked lives for British troopsDozens more Afghan interpreters who risked their lives for British troops will be able to apply to settle in the UK following the government decision to expand a relocation sche…