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- Trapped in 'le jungle' ? but still dreaming of El Dorado
Calais/Afghan migrant refugees at a car park feeding station wait for handouts. Photograph: Martin Argles Amid the crowds of young men sleeping rough in a fetid squat in the Calais sand dunes, Naseer, 15, stood out as a new arrival. The eager Afghan
- Despite the risk, site is a lure for the desperate
Calais/Afghan migrant refugee with temporary shelter in sand dunes Photograph: Martin Argles In 1999, at the request of the French government, the Red Cross opened the Sangatte camp, close to the Eurotunnel complex, to shelter and feed migrants. A
- UK forces push deep into Taliban territory in Afghanistan
Around 800 British troops have pushed deep into Taliban-held territory in Helmand province after a ten-day battle to secure river crossings. The latest wave of two-week-old Operation Panther's Claw involved one of the most strategically significant
- US drones kill Pak militants
Wana, Pakistan, July 3 (Reuters): A US drone aircraft fired missiles today into Pakistan?s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. A Pakistani military helicopter
- Pakistan helicopter crash kills 26
A US drone aircraft fired missiles today into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. Elsewhere, a Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the northwest of
- Community-based healthcare is Afghan lifeline
The Afghanistan Red Crescent Society runs several health programmes, including a community-based health programme and mobile and static health centres. More than two decades of conflict in Afghanistan have resulted in poverty, high levels of mortality
- PM pays tribute to Afghanistan soldiers
The Prime Minister has paid tribute to two soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed with 18-year-old Trooper Joshua Hammond, of 2nd Royal Tank
- Taliban will use guerrilla tactics
Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban says it has not started directly fighting against Britain and US operations under way in Helmand province but is using guerrilla tactics. About 4,000 US Marines were inserted into Taliban strongholds in the south of the
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