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HMS Queen Elizabeth pictured docking in Belfast on Wednesday (Belfast Harbour)

Sailor fined over tirade of abuse at policewoman

Two images of protestors posted online by Fantastic Lesbians (@ThefantasticsL)

Feminists clad in burkhas protest against Ireland vs Afghanistan cricket match

Morning View

Editorial: Harry has let down royalty and disgraced himself

Troops of the Royal Irish Regiment at the District Centre in Musa Qal'eh in 2006; Ulsterman Derek Plews has penned an account of the siege of the compound, which is out now

Ulster author tells tale of 'brilliant' Royal Irish soldiers in Afghan siege

Aspirant Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said that not all cultures are equal and cited the treatment of women and children as one of the proofs of the moral primacy of the West

Ruth Dudley Edwards: So many have no gratitude for being winners in life

Former Irish Guard Bryan Phillips lost both legs above the knee in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan in 2012. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Inspirational guardsman's praise for much-needed veterans' supporters

Evacuation draws on never-seen-before MoD footage shot by combat camera teams and personal video, it goes beyond the headlines and parliamentary debates to tell the stories of the British servicemen and women who found themselves faced with a humanitarian crisis on a scale they had never encountered

Sunday: Evacuation (Channel 4, 9pm)

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

Sudanese paramilitary fighters wave assault rifles cross a street in the East Nile district of Khartoum. The brutality facing the people of Ukraine, and now Sudan, put our concerns in a certain perspective(Photo by -/Rapid Support Forces (RSF)/AFP via Getty Images)

Belfast Agreement @25: Thankful for the 1998 deal - Ian Ellis

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

A man stands outside a burning house after shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, yesterday (March 21, 2023), amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In any war there will always be allegations of war crimes from either of the protagonists. The ICC could have found cases of war crimes inflicted against Protestants in Northern Ireland but do we think they would have prosecuted the IRA? (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)

Letter: Whether something is a war crime depends on who ICC want to prosecute

Letters to editor

Harry should reflect on his cadet training

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

File photo dated 02/01/08 of Prince Harry (now the Duke of Sussex) patrolling the deserted town of Garmisir close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base) while posted in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. In the third episode of the Netflix documentary "Harry and Meghan" the Duke of Sussex has discussed his decade-long stint in the army and describing how that time "burst" the bubble of his life in the royal family. Issue date: Thursday December 8, 2022.

Harry accused of making Invictus Games a potential priority terror target

Afgnanistan veteran and UUP MLA Andy Allen (right) disagrees with Prince Harry's approach to stating how many Taliban fighters he killed.

Andy Allen hits back at Harry's Taliban headcount claims
UUP MLA and Afghanistan veteran Andy Allen says Prince Harry's claim to have killed 25 Taliban fighters is completely out of step with his experience of the army.
Philip Bradfield

Iraq War veteran Colonel Tim Collins has strongly criticised Prince Harry for openly stating how many Taliban fighters he killed in Afghanistan.

Tim Collins slams Harry’s claim of killing 25 Taliban in Afghanistan

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

Josh Norton was in Kabul with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office team

NI diplomat reflects on Kabul rescue mission drama

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is fuelling a cost of living crisis

Sandra Chapman: Putin isn’t worried about our rocketing household bills

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, the Presbyterian moderator

Presbyterian appeal to congregations for urgent aid relief

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

Afghan veteran and east Belfast MLA Andy Allen has overcome incredible challenges to represent the constituency in which he grew up

No Ordinary Soldier

Rev Dr Liz Hughes details the scale of refugees, impact of Covid and religious persecution.

Presbyterians called to prayer for Afghanistan

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Paul Johnston, 36, from Newtownards served three tours in Afghanistan with the Royal Irish and says the manner of western withdrawal has been a 'betrayal' for British and Afghan families whose loved ones gave their lives to defeat the Taliban.

Afghanistan veteran: War with Taliban may be over but my war with PTSD will go o...
A Newtownards soldier who helped overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan says they might be in charge now - but for those that beat them, the cost was so high that “our war is never going to end”.
Philip Bradfield

News Letter editorial

Horrific suicide bombings in Kabul underline western impotence in Afghanistan

UK armed forces continue to take part in the evacuation of entitled personnel from Kabul airport this week. Photo: PA

Calls for help from Afghan veterans treble in N Ireland

Tim McGarry, who writes a column for the News Letter every other Thursday

Tim McGarry: For advice on the benefits of Brexit, just ask the Shinners

Tony Blair with British troops in Helmand, Afghanistan, in 2006. John Bruton says he was altogether wrong to call the Joe Biden strategy "imbecilic"

John Bruton: Tony Blair is wrong on Afghanistan – forever wars make no sense

Letter to the editor

America and the UK caused suffering in Afghanistan long before 2001

Letter to the editor

In comparing Afghanistan to NI, Peter Robinson makes mockery of their suffering

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

Mr Raab was on holiday on the Greek island of Crete when the request to make the urgent phone call was made (Photo: Getty Images)

Foreign Office admits crucial call to help Afghan interpreters was not made

Peter Robinson, the former DUP leader and first minister of Northern Ireland, writes a column for the News Letter every other Friday

Peter Robinson: We in Northern Ireland who know betrayal should welcome Afghans

Joe Biden speaks from the White House yesterday. Afghanistan is his first major foreign policy test and he has failed

As a unionist, I already thought Biden’s foreign policies were fatally flawed

Former Afghan interpreters and veterans hold a demonstration in Parliament Square, London, calling for support and protection for Afghan interpreters and their families. Picture date: Wednesday August 18, 2021. PA Photo. The Taliban militant group moved into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, ending two decades of the UK and its allies trying to transform the country. Pic: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Afghans will find sanctuary in NI says First Minister Paul Givan

Aaron McCormick, 22, from Co Londonderry, was killed in Afghanistan on Remembrance Sunday in 2010. Photo credit: MoD/PA Wire

Heartbreak for bereaved families of NI soldiers as Taliban regain control

Press Eye - Belfast - 10th August 2021

A pop up vaccine centre open at Custom House Square earlier this month.

Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Anti-vaccine protestors like the Taliban, says top doctor

News Letter editorial

The only surprise as to the Taliban retaking Kabul is its speed

Andy Allen in Afghanistan in 2004

Afghanistan: Our dream of better country has unravelled - Andy Allen

If Kamala Harris wants to be worthy of succeeding Joe Biden to the post, she should find a subtle way of distancing herself from the shame that is enveloping the Oval Office

Afghan withdrawal disaster shows that Joe Biden is unfit to be US president

The 2009 funeral of Lance Corporal Nigel Moffet who was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the Light Dragoons Regiment

Northern Ireland soldiers who were killed while serving in Afghanistan

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul

Letter to the editor

Western drugs problem will get even worse with fall of Afghanistan

Members of Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) deploying to Afghanistan to assist in the draw down of troops from the area. Boris Johnson has said the sacrifices made by British troops in Afghanistan have not been "in vain", but warned there was no "military solution" to stop the Taliban. Photo: LPhot Ben Shread/MoD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire

Ben Lowry: Collapse of Kabul will be seen as western weakness

News Letter editorial

Afghan retreat almost renders the whole war pointless

Doug Beattie pictured during his time serving in Afghanistan.

Beattie calls for urgent action for Afghanistan 'or it will all be for nothing'

The parents of Brett Savage,Noel and Dolores, at their son's coffin during his funeral in Newtownards. The 32 year-old-former Royal Irish Regiment soldier died by suicide after suffering from PTSD following service in Afghanistan.
PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON

Noel Savage ‘died of a broken heart’ two months after his veteran son, Brett, lo...

Andy Allen will represent the UK at the Warrior Games organised by Help For Heroes

Wounded warrior Andy Allen to represent Team UK at veteran games

UK considering deploying extra troops to Afghanistan

Former soldier who rioted at Ardoyne '˜thought he was fighting Taliban'

Alexander Blackman

Wife 'overjoyed' as Marine Alexander Blackman likely to be home within weeks

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