The US must dissolve its private security firms in Afghanistan and end the war lobby which controls Washington, a former US Congresswoman says. Read the full story

Iraq has ordered 250 former and current staff of US security firm Blackwater to leave within a week, a minister says. Read the full story

The government will appeal a court decision to dismiss charges against Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday Read the full story