Afghanistan

Experts claim seized infrared bombs show Taliban links, but truth may be more complicated.

Incoherence and hypocrisy of extremist narrative must be stopped - or more British lives will be lost, says Ed Swan.

The Afghan government is reconsidering public stoning as a punishment for adultery, according to Human Rights Watch.

Cricketer-turned-politician leads blockade of key Nato route in Peshawar.

Obama keen on early agreement but Karzai wants to wait till after election.

Seminary frequented by senior members of Afghan Haqqani network, a Taliban ally.

Draft agreement lays out terms for Washington's military engagement in Afghanistan.

Counter-demonstration drew four times as many people on to streets.

Samer al-Baraq in detention for three years without trial accused of planning attacks against Israeli targets.

Harry going with wounded serviceman and women to Antarctic.

At least 10 people killed in suicide bomb blast in Kabul in advance of security pact meeting.

Shia Muslims around the world marked Ashura on 14 November with ritual self-flagellation.

US Defence Department faces budget cuts of about $52bn in current fiscal year.

A man being re-tried for attacking the US Embassy in Sarajevo in 2011 has apologised for his 'stupid act'.

Hollywood star slammed actors who said their jobs were difficult in an expletive-filled speech during the premiere of his military movie Lone Survivor.

War-torn Afghanistan estimated to harvest 5,500 tonnes of opium in 2013.

David Ayer in Twitter apology for Nazi uniform gaffe.

Hollywood star lawyers insists his comments, from his deposition transcript, were taken out of context.

Hundreds expected to attend Dambuster veteran's funeral on Monday after appeal.

The questioning of the heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ by the Intelligence and Security Commission was labelled inadequate.

In an unprecedented bout of transparency, Britain's chief spooks have emerged from the shadows to give evidence to a committee of MPs, and attack leaks for risking their operations.

Field of Remembrance pays tribute to service men and women since World War I.

The UN's anti-corruption pioneer tells us how he has helped transformed the culture of the organisation through a crusade against greed and waste.

Colorado army officer uses 'evil twin' defence after being blamed for sex attacks in three states.

US drone strike which killed Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud enrages Islamabad and PM Nawaz Sharif plans high-level meeting.

Khan Syed Mehsud has been named the Pakistan Taliban's new leader a day after the death of former chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

A Michigan gem dealer who claims he tipped off the FBI about the location of Osama bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan is seeking a $25m (£15.6m) dollar reward.

US had offered a $5m bounty on Mehsud after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing CIA employees.

At WIEF, Iraq's Dr Rowsch Nuri Shaways points to double-digit economic growth forecast for country.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak was speaking at World Islamic Economic Forum in London.