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Petraeus calls gunscope inscriptions 'disturbing'

US General David Petraeus said on Thursday it was "disturbing" that a manufacturer had embossed biblical citations on rifle scopes sent to Iraq.

Explosives experts in bloody dance with bombmakers

Jacob Evans had no hint of the mine that ripped into his legs. Neither did his dog, nor the US patrol that had already walked over the buried charge.

WikiLeaks: Pakistan secretly backed Taliban

More Nato troops will die in Afghanistan this year, a US officer said, as a report emerged implicating Pakistan for collaborating with the insurgency.

How the IED became Taliban's weapon of choice

It begins with a relative trickle in the east of Afghanistan in 2004. Five years later it is the Taliban's favoured weapon across the country.

Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history

From a United States base near Baghdad to a café in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists.

WikiLeaks founder defends release of Afghan war files

The founder of a website that published thousands of leaked military files about the war in Afghanistan on Monday defended his actions.

WikiLeaks condemned by White House

The White House has condemned whistleblower WikiLeaks, accusing the website of putting the lives of US, UK and coalition troops in danger.

Afghan war logs: Losing the battle for hearts and minds

Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan can be uphill work, as United States soldiers have discovered.

Obama enlists war leaks in support of policy switch

Barack Obama has claimed the disclosures about the mishandling of the Afghanistan war contained in leaked documents justified his new strategy.

Afghan president asks why allies won't act on Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai questioned on Thursday the willingness of his Western allies to strike insurgent bases in Pakistan.