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Category: Taliban
Raiders of the Night
A shorter version of this article appeared in the Sunday Times on June 5, 2011. BY STEPHEN GREY: BY the […]
Taliban’s supreme leader signals willingness to talk peace
By Stephen Grey in Kandahar. The supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has indicated that he and his […]
It’s going to be quite a hunting season
First published in the Sunday Times on March 28, 2010. by Stephen Grey in the Arghandab. BY the yellow light […]
Capturing the Taliban: Afghan covert war
First published on Channel 4 News website, 16 February 2010 The arrest of a Taliban’s commander illustrates Nato’s covert war […]
Bombed, blasted and shot yet still the Taliban come
From The Sunday Times November 15, 2009 Stephen Grey in Musa Qala TWO years ago Corporal Alex Temple fought like […]
The Ghost Town littered with IEDs
From The Sunday Times, November 1, 2009 Stephen Grey in Safar Bazaar Under the harsh sunlight, a lone grey donkey […]
Officers attack 'MoD muddle'
From The Sunday Times March 22, 2009 by Tony Allen-Mills SENIOR British Army commanders have denounced the government’s strategy in […]
Understanding the Taliban
Stephen Grey First published 24 April 2008 in the New Statesman Rethinking the war in Helmand has made the British […]
Terror on road to Taliban stronghold
From The Sunday Times, December 9, 2007 Stephen Grey in Musa Qala, Helmand First there was a loud bang; then […]