Mint Press News: A recent investigation has revealed that someone thought to be an aid worker killed by Navy SEALs in Afghanistan was actually a spy working for MI6, the British intelligence agency. Linda Norgrove was employed at Development Alternatives Incorporated, a U.S. contractor working in Afghanistan, when she was captured by the Taliban in September
RT: A British aid worker who was killed by a grenade in Afghanistan during a botched rescue attempt by US special forces was actually working secretly for MI6, according to investigators at the Intercept website. Linda Norgrove was captured by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan in September 2010 while she was working for the US contractor
The Guardian (UK): A petition signed by more than 14,000 people to try to save a young man who fled to Britain from Afghanistan as a 10-year-old from being sent back has been handed to the Home Office. Bashir Naderi, who has grown up in Cardiff, came within hours of being forcibly returned to Afghanistan in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 26, 2016 British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said his country remained committed to Afghanistan “for the long haul.” Johnson rejected that Britain’s exit from the European Union and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s shock election victory would lead to the West reducing its engagement with countries like Afghanistan. “If the question
History Extra: From the 1920s to 1940s, Afghanistan acted as a buffer state between the British empire in India and the Russian/Soviet empire. Although not governed directly by Britain, as India was, Britain controlled Afghanistan’s foreign policy and paid the government to maintain stability. Yet in the space of just three years from 1947, Britain’s influence
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 19, 2016 In Afghanistan, August 19 typically spurs an outpouring of celebration and patriotism over the day in 1919 that the multiethnic country regained its independence from Britain following the end of the third Anglo-Afghan war. But a fuss this time over a contentious historical figure who
KABUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — The war-torn Afghanistan on Thursday marked the 97th anniversary of its independence from the British occupation by holding meetings and celebrations across the country amid tight security. “On this historic day, I call on all Afghans to work for peace, prosperity and stability. And I urge Afghan people to stand
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said he does not want an apology from the British Prime Minister David Cameron for describing Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Ghani said Afghanistan was “one of the most corrupt countries on earth”. Click here to read more (external link). Related UK
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 11, 2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Afghanistan and Nigeria had taken “remarkable steps forward” on corruption, after calling the countries “fantastically corrupt.” Addressing MPs on May 11, Cameron said the countries’ leaders were “battling hard against very corrupt systems.” Cameron’s original comments about the two countries came
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 10, 2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron has described Afghanistan and Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt.” It was not clear whether Cameron knew he was being filmed and recorded when he made the comments at a London reception on May 10. “We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming