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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
The Queen delivered a tribute to Australia in her first public appearance since the Meghan and Harry interview and her husband Prince Philip's hospital stay rocked the royal family. The monarch, 94, said she was "delighted" to be out as she attended a ceremony to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Air Forces Memorial in Runnymede, Surrey. She wore a lime green coat and hat along with an Australian wattle brooch presented to her on her first tour of the country in 1954 as she returned to the public stage for the first time in five ...
Miniskirts and mujahideen: how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Miniskirts and mujahideen: how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war? It was once a stop on the hippie trail and inspiration for the Lonely Planet guidebooks. So how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war and terrorism? Normal text size Very large text size As Donald Trump's aides packed boxes for the President's final withdrawal from the White House, one of the last men he ever appointed to an important government job released ...
Findings of Brereton's SAS inquiry should be tested in court Editorial Normal text size Advertisement In terms of risk, few contracts are more unequal than the one between a nation's government and the soldiers it sends abroad to fight its wars. It is one of the reasons our society has devoted such resources and public space to commemoration of those soldiers' sacrifice. But it is also one of the reasons that it has always been difficult for us to accept the idea of war crimes, which are based on the laws of war, which in turn say that those we have determined to be our enemies and the foreig...