Offstream
news

British foreign secretary Liz Truss warns Russia that any attack on Ukraine would be a "grave mistake", and that the UK is working closely with its NATO allies to provide support to Ukraine.
2021-11-24

A rocket is launched near the airport in Kabul, hitting a house and killing a child.
2021-08-29

Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen warns that all foreign troops must leave Afghanistan before a NATO deadline on September 11 amid reports that the U.S. military plans to keep 1,000 troops in Kabul in order to protect both its embassy and the Hamid Karzai International Airport.
2021-07-4

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that the UK's nuclear weapon arsenal will increase from 180 to 260 warheads, and that the UK will shift its foreign policy focus to the Indo-Pacific region, while remaining committed to NATO. The government's review also identifies Russia as the "most acute threat" to British security.
2021-03-16

Twenty-three European Union countries sign a defence integration pact known as the Permanent Structured Cooperation. NATO members Denmark, Portugal and the United Kingdom (withdrawal from EU underway), and non-NATO members Malta and Ireland, opt out.
2017-11-13

Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence for the United Kingdom, announces that over 400 troops will remain in Afghanistan through 2016. The military personnel will train Afghan toops and support NATO operations in Kabul.
2015-10-28

An Afghan suicide bomber attacks a NATO convoy in Kabul killing at least twelve people and injuring 66 others.
2015-08-22

A suicide bomber kills 5 in a targeted attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2014-11-27

A NATO adviser is shot dead by a woman in police uniform in Kabul, and at least five Afghan policemen are killed by another officer in northern Afghanistan.
2012-12-24

Taliban insurgents attack the United States embassy, NATO headquarters and police buildings in the Afghan capital Kabul.
2011-09-13