BFBS Radio Sitrep

As Afghan forces take control of security in Afghanistan Britain’s most senior commander there tells Sitrep that the future of the country is in the hands of it’s people…
 
The Supreme Court has ruled human rights do apply on the battlefield but what does that mean for future conflicts
 
There’s been more army job losses – but what’s life really like for those who’ve taken redundancy?
 
And the importance of  Exercise Askari Thunder in Kenya
 

PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
Deputy Commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Nick Carter
 
BFBS reporter in Camp Bastion Geoff Meade
 
 
BFBS reporter Tim Cooper interviews legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg
 
Journalist Paul Osbourne discusses the impact of redundancies on those affected
 
BFBS’s Ali Gibson reports from Kenya on  Exercise Askari Thunder
 
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There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone..
 
What’s behind the protests in Turkey?
 
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do?
 
Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War
 
 Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran
 
Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website