NATO leaders are set to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan this week as they meet for their first talks since Joe Biden took office. The US is currently committed to withdrawing its remaining 2,500 troops by May under a peace deal signed by President Trump, with NATO unlikely to leave its 9,600 soldiers in the country … Read more
30 Taliban militants are killed in explosion during bomb-making class at Afghan mosque The blast happened on Saturday morning in Qultaq, a village in Balkh province Six foreign nationals were among those killed, according to security services Taliban violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent months despite peace talks On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens … Read more
Ben McBean, 33, with his blue badge at the disabled parking space where he was abused A double amputee ex-Commando hailed a ‘hero’ by Prince Harry was abused by a woman passer-by as a ‘government-draining d***head’ for parking in a disabled bay with a blue badge. Former Royal Marine Ben McBean, 33, lost an arm … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
Checking in… Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable reveals how he drove to India via the USSR and Iran, was interned as a spy suspect in Pakistan and the joys of the Nürburgring By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 Vince Cable … Read more
A furious mother refuses to eat the birthday cake bought by her son’s girlfriend during a tense showdown on I Love A Mama’s Boy! Tonight’s episode of the Discovery+ show focuses on Shekeb, his partner Emily, 24, and his mother Laila’s dislike of her – primarily due to the difference in culture. Originally from Afghanistan, Laila … Read more
Afghan military translator who is trapped with his sick wife in a ‘hellhole’ Greek refugee camp has been told they CAN come to the UK Former British military interpreter trapped on Greek island is coming to UK Nesar, who worked on front lines in Helmand, said news was ‘dream come true’ He and his wife … Read more
The British Army officer leading Boris Johnson’s effort to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus vaccines per day pledged to use combat techniques to get them to the needy as fast as possible. Brigadier Phil Prosser, Commander of Military Support to the Vaccine Delivery Programme, said his team would use ‘our extensive operational and logistic … Read more
Boris calls up Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran to lead charge against COVID: Rugby-loving head of the Army’s ‘Iron Viper’ unit Brigadier Phil Prosser is enlisted to spearhead mass vaccine roll-out Welshman Brigadier Phil Prosser is the commander of the 101 Logistic Brigade He will join Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference tonight … Read more
An ex-serviceman has climbed the first of 50 mountains in 2021 in memory of his brother who was killed serving in Afghanistan. John Davies, 31, from St Helens, Merseyside, is taking on the challenge in memory of his brother Chris, who died in action in 2010. The veteran kickstarted the endeavour on New Years Day when he … Read more