Video blog: Training for a marathon in Kabul
February 6, 2012 12:30 pm No Comments
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson video blogs on training for a marathon in Kabul.
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Britain’s idea of snow is ‘frankly hilarious’
February 4, 2012 1:56 pm 5 Comments
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the relentless snow hitting Kabul and why Britain's idea of winter is "frankly hilarious".
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Video blog: lunchtime Kabul style
12:03 pm 2 Comments
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson video blogs on his staple diet in Afghanistan.
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‘A long tough winter for Kabulis’
February 3, 2012 5:46 pm 7 Comments
Alex Thomson posts a video diary on how Kabul's most vulnerable are suffering brutally in the unusually harsh winter.
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Hope on the streets of Kabul
February 2, 2012 2:31 pm No Comments
Alex Thomson reports some surprising results in a bit of truly unscientific opinion polling of the people of Kabul.
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That’s how it rolls on ‘Taliban Street’
February 1, 2012 11:47 am 2 Comments
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on his unexpected encounter with a Taliban "big beast".
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Nato report – an indictment of western policy in Afghanistan?
11:21 am 1 Comment
Two reports made public in the space of a few weeks add up to a damning and corroborative indictment of western policy in Afghanistan - to say nothing of Pakistan’s policy here writes Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Kabul: where entering your hotel is a daily battle
6:58 am 1 Comment
A history of conflict and a decade of nation-building means that getting in and out of Kabul hotels - each of which is a sizeable target - is a real accomplishment.
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Expect more posturing over Afghanistan
January 29, 2012 4:20 pm 1 Comment
Will the Taliban renounce "international terrorism" as the US demands? Will they get their prisoners out of Guantanamo Bay? And will they recognise the Karzai regime in Kabul at all? Once you see movement on this you can start taking matters seriously.
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The two faces of Afghanistan
January 27, 2012 3:33 pm 1 Comment
Afghans enjoy winter sports after Friday prayers in Tabul - but a cemetery nearby reveals another side to Afghanistan's ancient city.
