The first legal hearing in Britain is taking place over UK participation in US drone strikes in Pakistan. The case has been brought by a man whose father was killed by a strike from an unmanned aircraft, and he is seeking to have the sharing of UK locational intelligence with US drone controllers declared illegal. […]
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The latest Afghan killings will speed up UK troop withdrawals
Mar 9th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.The killing of 6 British soldiers in Helmand-Kandahar this week will accelerate the timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan, whatever the MOD may say to the contrary. The UK government was already committed to bring back home 1,000 of the 9,500 UK troops (excluding special forces) stationed there by the end of […]
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Why should Pakistan trust us?
Aug 4th, 2010 by Nick Dearden.The Afghan ‘war leaks’ have revealed in stark detail the mistrust and tension that lies at the heart of the West’s relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan. But this mistrust is not merely the product of a nine-year war, but of decades of economic control which have sewn the seeds of inequality, injustice and appalling governance […]
