Afghanistan

The Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Philip Hammond, has confirmed that there will be 13,500 service personnel deployed across the UK, throughout the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A 24-year-old soldier proposed his girlfriend in the Buckingham Palace ground after he collected his gallantry medal.

A powerful committee in the British Parliament has raised concerns over the future care of troops returning from service with severe injuries and mental health problems.

An inquest Wednesday heard testimony on the Taliban's killing a British doctor who was on a humanitarian mission to Afghanistan.

The schools would adopt a highly conservative curriculum and textbooks and more mullahs (Islamic theologists) would be hired as teachers.

Two wives of Osama bin Laden, who have been held in Pakistan following the raid in May that killed the former head of al Qaeda, are set to return to their homeland of Saudi Arabia.

Killing the reclusive leader is crucial for the future and stability of post-Taliban Afghanistan, officials believe.

UK police may be armed with a futuristic laser cannon that could be used to dispel crowds.

“Iran is among the few countries that possesses the most modern technology in the field of pilotless drones. The technology gap between Iran and the U.S. is not much,” the AP has quoted Salami as saying.

Iran state TV has broadcast a video of an alleged U.S. drone that crashed earlier this week and was seized by authorities in the Islamic Republic.

Blast injury research centre opens at Imperial College

Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian and Latvian convicts are a growing prescence among the multi-national British prison population, figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal.

A trillion dollars' worth of gold under the hills of war-torn Afghanistan is set to be mined, as the Afghan government starts its tendering process.

A suicide bomber has attacked a shrine in Afghan capital Kabul during the Shia holy day of Ashura.

The blast, which happened at 7.30 GMT, occurred at the Abul Fazel shrine in the Murad Khani area of the capital, a BBC report has said.

The number of women prisoners, sentenced for crimes such as ‘fleeing home’ or ‘extra marital affairs’, has increased from 350 to 600 over the last two years, a new U.N. report has said.

Chantelle Taylor, a woman medic, killed an enemy fighter in combat in Afghanistan.

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Till now, as many as six members of the British armed forces have been or are being prosecuted over allegations of abusing or wounding Afghan civilians since March last year.

The BBC World News channel has been taken off the air in Pakistan, reportedly in response to a documentary about the country's failings to meet its commitments in the 'war on terror.'

Firm action is required at the Durban climate talks to prevent increasing global hunger and poverty, Oxfam warns.

As the end of the year draws near, here are some of the British celebrities of 2011.

Defence heads continued to depute British soldiers in less armoured Land Rovers, known as "mobile coffins," for several years after their own tests confirmed that the vehicles were highly weak and can get attacked from roadside bombs, confidential documents have revealed.

The Scotland Yard is understood to have spoken to the Civil Aviation Authority over the use of small radio controlled devices in order police the mega event.

Former soldier Shaun Clark has turned himself into a living tribute by having the names of the 383 servicemen and woman killed in Afghanistan tattooed on his body.

British comedian Jimmy Carr has landed in hot water after making an offensive joke about Down's syndrome children during one of his live sets.

Female Army chef Private Cheryl Walker found herself out on the frontline in Afghanistan looking for women who might be carrying improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

On Tuesday evening, U.S Republican presidential candidates debated issues concerning their country's foreign policy.

A resident of New York has been arrested on suspicion of planning to bomb targets, including police cars and post offices.

Two British terror suspects have been reportedly killed in an attack by U.S. military drones, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.