Cabinet unease over the rising death toll of British troops in Afghanistan is exposed today. Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary, becomes the first Cabinet minister openly to question the Government’s strategy. Full Article at Times Online

I’M glad that Kim Howells, our man in Pontypridd, has had the courage and realism to state a fact that members of all parties increasingly suspect, but don’t want to be the first to admit – namely, that there is no sense in which we are going to “win”... Full Article at Wales Online

The challenge to Gordon Brown's authority from within his own party grew last night as four former ministers joined calls for a Commons vote on the war in Afghanistan. Full Article at The Independent

Britain will start handing over control of parts of Helmand Province to Afghan rule within a year, Gordon Brown said yesterday. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

The dimensions of the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan are becoming bigger and more daunting by the day. Once-staunch defenders of the "good war" are starting to break ranks. Full Article at Salem Statesman-Journal

You published an article by ex-minister Kim Howells (Comment, 4 November) calling for "necessarily intrusive" surveillance of Muslim communities in Britain because of the al-Qaida threat. The day after you reported that Irish Republican "dissidents" Full Article at Guardian Unlimited