Afghanistan

The duo were hit by an improvised explosive device explosion while conducting a joint patrol Nahr-e Saraj, central Helmand.

Slain al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has been described by the new al Qaida chief al-Zawahiri as 'sensitive' man.

In an attempt to stabilise the Afghan forces, the UK government will retain some British soldiers after it pulls out combat troops in 2015, said the chief of British defence staff.

On Sunday, the Queen laid a wreath at London's Cenotaph, in the Whitehall, as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the UK. Remembrance Day is an annual British and Commonwealth tradition that honors the contribution of soldiers from these nations in past wars and conflicts.

Veteran singer Sir Cliff Richard, "X Factor" star Joe McElderry and Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins will perform for the royal family during the "Festival of Remembrance" 2011 in London, on Saturday night.

A leaked internal memo to the senior officers in Afghanistan has revealed the army’s plans to cut up to 16,500 soldiers under its new redundancy plan by April 2015, it has been reported.

A mother and daughter were stoned and shot dead on Friday in their home in Ghazni province eastern Afghanistan, after a group of armed men attacked them, security officials said.

U.S. Army sergeant who killed three unarmed Afghan civilians and cut fingers off the corpses as trophies has been jailed for life.

Millions of people across the United Kingdom will remember those who died in past and present conflicts with a two minute silence.

In an unprecedented move of self-censorship, the European Union has blocked the release of a documentary on Afghan women jailed for so-called 'moral crimes.'

Training flights with aircrafts fitted with ejector seats similar to the one in which a Red Arrows pilot was killed have been suspended.

With the report incriminating Iran and reports that Israel as well as the US, have seriously been considering attacking Iran for its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, France has now called for an emergency UN Security Council, while the US and Israel have yet to repsond.

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The Muslim world has begun celebrating Eid al-Adha, a festival where humility and solidarity within the community is put promoted.

Two brother who serves in British Army crossed paths in Afghanistan.

The soldier, from the 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment, was killed in Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand Province on Thursday .

Rally organised by the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland to protest at discrimination against Muslims has caused controversy as some of the protesters used the yellow Star of David symbol.

Somalia's al Shabaab rebels vowed on Thursday to fight Kenya after its troops entered the Horn of Africa nation and called on sympathisers to carry out major attacks in east Africa's biggest economy.

A stirring and powerful selection of photos of the British Army have been unveiled today as part of the annual 2011 Army Photographic Competition Awards.

News that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died has been confirmed by several NTC officials, but NATO has warned it will need more times to confim the reports.

U.S. forces are massing for a full scale offensive against the Haqqani Network - a group with terrorist links to the Taliban and al-Qaeda operating in northern Pakistan, say reports.

A new United Nations report published Monday reveals evidence of the "systematic" torture and mistreatment of detainees in Afghan detention facilities, including of children, showing more reforms are needed to build a fairer detention system in Afghanistan.

The defence secretary, Liam Fox, has admitted there were 40 meetings over the last 16 months with personal friend Adam Werritty while on state duty.

News of the murder of prominent Syrian Kurdish activist Mishaal al-Tammo comes on the back of several high-profile assassinations and attempts on the lives of public figures around the world in the last 12 months.

Friday 7 October marks the 10th anniversary of the foreign troop's intervention in Afghanistan and recent polls show that 66 per cent of women said they feel safer now than they did 10 years ago and 72 per cent believe their lives are better now than they were 10 years ago. However, 87 per cent of all women in Afghanistan suffer domestic abuse, proving that there is still a long way to go before Afghan women can truly feel protected.

After 10 years of foreign military presence, the future of Afghanistan looks gloomy, with a weak and struggling government accused of corruption and an increase in violent insurgency as the promised withdrawal in 2014 looms.

Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign military forces a day before the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion.

As the relationship between Afghanistan continues to erode, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in India for talks over strategic security agreements and development aid prompting allegations Afghan is taunting Pakistan by seeking rapprochement with its regional competitor.

Pakistan is still hitting back at allegations from Afghan officials that its intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of Kabul's chief peace negotiator with the Taliban, threatening the region's stability and pointing the finger at their neighbour rather than looking at the lack of efficiency of domestic forces.

As high profile Al-Qaeda leader Awlaki was killed in a strike on his convoy directed by the CIA and carried out with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command's firepower, Obama it seems wants to prove he is in control when it comes to the war against terror, leaving little room for the republicans to attack him on the subject during the next presidential campaign.