Lawyer, 61, told Muslim woman to ‘return to Afghanistan to educate the Taliban on terrorism’ at a function and asked other women if their partners ‘paid towards their lifestyle’, tribunal hears Victor Stockinger denies making racially or religiously motivated statements He allegedly asked women if their male partners ‘paid towards their lifestyle’ He also denies giving … Read more
A soldier who suffered 63 per cent burns when he leapt from his burning plane before it plummeted to the ground has revealed he planned a trip to Dignitas to end his own life before an ‘angel’ vicar changed his mind. SAS reservist Jamie Hull, now 45, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was in the ‘prime of … Read more
Giving each other a brotherly hug, these are just two of the children still at the mercy of the Taliban after they and their families were promised sanctuary in Britain. Their father Abdul bravely risked his life for Britain as an interpreter alongside UK forces in Afghanistan, making him a target for jihadists. He and dozens … Read more
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a bomb blew up a bus in Afghanistan in the latest deadly blast to hit the country. The bombing comes just 72 hours before the Taliban are set to hold a three-day ceasefire for the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday marking the … Read more
At least 55 people are dead, many of them children aged between 11 and 15-years-old, after a bomb exploded near a girls’ school in Afghanistan. The Taliban condemned the attack, which took place on Saturday in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul, and denied any responsibility – claiming it could only ‘Islamic State’. Ambulances … Read more
Bomb kills at least 30 as it explodes outside Kabul girls’ school with pupils aged between 11 and 15 among dead as final US and UK troops leave Afghanistan The Taliban condemned the attack, denied responsibility and claimed ‘only Islamic state could be responsible’ Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the death toll is expected … Read more
Meghan Markle is using her new children’s book to show ‘how much the army meant to Harry and how upset he is to lose his military titles,’ a royal author has claimed – as price is slashed by £3 a month before release. In one illustration in The Bench, a red-headed soldier wearing an American-style … Read more
At least 30 killed and 60 injured as car bomb explodes ‘outside hospital’ in Afghanistan At least 30 people killed by car bomb in eastern Afghanistan province of Logar Blast detonated near a hospital and the home of former provincial council head Ministry of health spokesperson said that 40 people have been taken to hospital It … Read more
Al Qaeda has vowed to ‘wage war on all fronts’ against the US unless they retreat from the entire Islamic world. Speaking ahead of the tenth anniversary since Osama Bin Laden’s death, two operatives said the terrorist network is planning a comeback as President Joe Biden prepares to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan by September 11. … Read more
Hero paratrooper Ben Parkinson who’s the most severely injured soldier to survive Afghanistan tells GMB he has ‘no reason to be upset’ because it would be a ‘betrayal of the men who saved him’ Ben Parkinson is the most seriously injured British soldier from the Afghan war He defied medics expectations to go skydiving and … Read more