There have been chaotic scenes outside the UN’s Sri Lanka offices, where protesters are demanding the UN end investigations into alleged war crimes. Most UN staff managed to leave after police tried to break the blockade in Colombo, before being ordered to leave themselves by the government. Several senior staff, however, remain inside and the [...]
A new report claims to provide the most concrete evidence yet of direct links between Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report says the ISI is providing funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban on a scale much larger than previously thought. The document was prepared by the London School of [...]
Four Nato soldiers have been killed when their helicopter was shot down in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Nato said the aircraft was hit by “hostile fire”. The troops were Americans, the US military spokesman in Kabul, Lt Col Joseph T Breasseale, said. The Taliban claimed its fighters had shot down the aircraft with a [...]
