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With the planned withdrawal of the last NATO troops from Afghanistan just months away, the country faces an uncertain future amid an already deeply unstable security situation. The recent bombing of a girls’ school in the capital Kabul, which killed as many as 60 people, most of them young girls, highlights the danger facing a country that has had US or NATO troops on its soil for the last 20 years. After wresting control from the Taliban following the 2001 invasions, Western nations have bee...

EVER since Brexit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been at pains to tell a new story of the UK’s place in the world. Yesterday, Mr Johnson had what should have been his best opportunity yet to do just that when he outlined the Integrated Review of Britain’s defence, security and foreign policy, the biggest overhaul of its kind since the end of the Cold War. Not that anyone of course wants to hark back to those frosty days of international diplomacy. That much Foreign Secretary Dominic ...

Updated: 15 Dec 2020, 12:11 Invalid Date, CHINA is now a major threat to the UK and is among the foreign powers to have tried to exploit the pandemic, a top British spy chief warned yesterday. Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ, said cyber attacks on the UK have hit an all-time high since the coronavirus outbreak, with hospitals and vaccine suppliers targeted. 3 3 Jeremy Fleming says cyber attacks on the UK have hit an all-time highCredit: Reuters Speaking at Chatham House, Gen Sir Patrick Sande...