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  Why Cameron is wrong to declare 'mission accomplished' in Afghanistan

  16 Dec 2013:

  Simon Tisdall: PM's declaration is as ill-advised as George W Bush's in Iraq and as oblivious to implications of UK and Nato actions

• England and Afghanistan could play match at Wembley to mark end of war

  16 Dec 2013: Michael Owen visits Afghanistan with David Cameron to launch scheme to develop country's football premier league

• David Cameron shares bunk bed with Michael Owen on way to Afghanistan

  16 Dec 2013: PM and footballer launch scheme to give training in England to young Afghan talent after sharing bunk bed on seven-hour flight

• Mission accomplished in Afghanistan, declares David Cameron

  16 Dec 2013: Prime minister makes claim on visit to Camp Bastion in Helmand a year before all UK troops are due to withdraw

• Last Australian troops leave Afghanistan's Uruzgan province

  16 Dec 2013: Last Australian troops, apart from 400-strong group of military trainers, have left Afghanistan

• Karzai: American threat of full troop withdrawal is 'brinkmanship'

  14 Dec 2013:

  Afghan president says his country will not be threatened, though he hopes a 'win-win situation' can be brokered with the US

• The story of a girl activist - Afghanistan

  Guardian Professional, 12 Dec 2013:

  "Although girls are treated as second class citizens in my community, we should not forget that Afghanistan's situation is changing," says Farkhonda Tahery, 16

• Soldier controls bionic arm using power of thought

  11 Dec 2013:

  Andrew Garthwaite, wounded fighting Taliban in Afghanistan, masters prosthesis after two years of therapy

• A cannabis map of the world – interactive

  Interactive, 11 Dec 2013:

  The pussyfooting is over. Uruguay has become the first country in the world to re-legalise cannabis. You'll have to be a Uruguayan citizen, over 18 and registered, and not grow, sell or buy more than your allotted monthly quota, but – from next spring – grow it and buy it you can. Uruguay joins the list of places with a unique relationship to the cannabis plant.

• Pentagon chief in rare Pakistan visit amid more rows over CIA drone strikes

  9 Dec 2013: Chuck Hagel wants to bolster fraught relations with Pakistan as airstrikes continue to cause anger and suspicion

• 'Guarded optimism' over Afghanistan's presidential polls despite fraud claims

  9 Dec 2013: Concerns about timeline for second round of voting, transparency and ballots for sale reported by foreign election experts

• US defence secretary Chuck Hagel arrives in Pakistan for talks

  9 Dec 2013: US-Pakistan relationship strained amid protests over drone strikes which have halted US shipments from Afghanistan

• Chuck Hagel to visit Pakistan for talks on Afghanistan and security

  8 Dec 2013:

  Secretary of defence tells marines at Camp Leatherneck Washington budget deal could ease cuts affecting military

• Chuck Hagel receives reassurance that Afghanistan security deal will be signed

  7 Dec 2013:

  Top Afghan official tells US defence secretary that agreement to let foreign troops stay beyond 2014 will be concluded soon

• The Observer's 20 photographs of the week

  Gallery (20 pictures), 7 Dec 2013:

  The best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week

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