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News Watch 2004

Below follows a selection of the latest news items from the sections above.

Dec 29: Troops getting good medical care in Afghan, Michael Flynn, Citizen Times

Dec 23: Troops may stay in Kabul indefinitely, Daily Times

Dec 21: Afghan aid groups accused by government, The Washington Times

Dec 21: Security Tight as Karzai's Swearing in Threatened, Reuters, The New York Times

Dec 20: After the goldrush, Nick Meo, The Independent

Dec 19: Afghan Says Prison Attack May Have Targeted Americans, Paul Alexander - AP, The Washington Post

Dec 17: Armed inmates holed up in Afghan prison, Amir Shah - AP, The Belleville News-Democrat

Dec 12: Seven-Year Drought Puts Afghanistan on the Brink, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Dec 12: Afghan president says bin Laden still in region, AP, Tyler Morning Telegraph

Dec 9: Small nonprofit, big goal: education for Afghanistan, Jessica Blanchard, The Seattle Times

Dec 9: Racy foreign films prompt cable ban in Afghanistan, Lane Hartill, The Christian Science Monitor

Dec 8: Karzai warns of Afghan dangers, BBC

Dec 6: Taliban Threaten to Attack Karzai Inauguration, Reuters, The New York Times

Dec 5: Commander: U.S. could cut forces in Afghanistan, AP, USA Today

Dec 2: US offers olive branch to Taleban, BBC

Nov 30: Al Qaeda terror won-t stop, Pravda

Nov 29: Three killed in attack on Afghan aid agency,Carlotta Gall, The Salt lake Tribune

Nov 29: Unveiling theater in Afghanistan, Maseeh Rahman, The Seattle Times

Nov 29: In Afghanistan, roses bloom almost all year, Afghan News Network

Nov 19: Afghan Poppy Growing Reaches Record Level, U.N. Says, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Nov 16: New local women's radio to fight gender violence and illiteracy, Reuters

Nov 15: Afghanistan wants its 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' back from UK, Nick Meo, The Independent

Nov 11: Afghan UN Kidnappers Await Release of 26 Taliban, David Brunnstrom, Reuters

Nov 10: Video no proof of Osama location, Reuters, The Daily Telegraph

Nov 7: Talks Delayed Again, Kidnappers Say, AP, The Los Angeles Times

Nov 5: Afghan Leader Promises Security and Stability, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Nov 3: Karzai declared Afghan president, BBC

Nov 1: Afghan Militants Release Video of Hostages, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Nov 1: Afghan kidnappers threaten to execute three UN hostages, Nick Meo, The Independent

Oct 26: Karzai, a man with no party, Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor

Oct 25: Karzai poised for poll landslide, BBC

Oct 23: Suicide bomber hits Kabul street, BBC

Oct 21: Karzai closes in on poll victory, BBC

Oct 19: Kandahar's No 1 lady detective fights crime from under a burqa, Nick Meo, The Independent

Oct 18: Five killed in Afghan poll blast, BBC

Oct 15: Opium Mafia Reigns Supreme, Paktribune

Oct 15: Peaceful vote diminishes Taliban, Scott Baldauf, The Christan Science Monitor

Oct 15: U.S. Army Inquiry Implicates 28 Soldiers in Deaths of 2 Afghan Detainees, Thom Shanker, The New York Times

Oct 14: Most Afghan Ballots Are Approved, Paul Watson, Los Angeles Times

Oct 13: 15 Afghan Candidates to File Vote Complaints With Panel,
Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Oct 12: U.S. Releases Saudi-American It Had Captured in Afghanistan, Joel Brinkley & Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times

Oct 12: US exit poll gives Karzai victory, Declan Walsh, The Guardian

Oct 11: Plan for Investigation Into Afghan Election Eases Dissent, Amy Waldman, The New York Times

Oct 9: Chaos as boycott hits Afghan vote, BBC

Oct 8: Afghan Vote Is a Referendum on Karzai, Amy Waldman, The New York Times

Oct 6: Warlord politics heats Afghan vote, Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor

Oct 6: NATO Expects Rush of Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan, Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Oct 3: "Thousands of terrorists target Afghan poll", Nick Meo, The Independent

Sep 28: "Afghan warlords threaten poll", Andrew North, BBC

Sep 18: "US bolsters force for Afghan poll", Nick Childs, BBC News

Sep 14: "Afghan Region's New Governor Says Violence Is Ended; Denounces Warlord", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Sep 8: "Spinning the web in Afghanistan", Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times

Aug 29: "Political Bid to Quell Unrest in Afghanistan", Amy Waldman, New York Times

Aug 23: "Remote-Control Explosions Pose Threat in Afghanistan", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Aug 10: "Karzai Trying to Regain Political Backing", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jul 9: "3 Posing as U.S. Agents Arrested in Kabul", AP, Los Angeles Times

Jul 9: "The Two Sides of Kabul", Christina Lamb, The New York Times

Jul 6: "High-risk bid to register Afghans", Gretchen Peters, The Christian Science Monitor

Jul 5: "Afghan Man's Death at U.S. Outpost Is Investigated", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jul 2: "Strife Reported to Delay Afghan Vote Again", Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Jun 28: "14 Afghans are Killed for Registering to Vote", David Rohde, The New York Times

Jun 27: "Blast Kills 2 Afghan Women on Election Workers' Bus", Carlotta Gall, The New York Times

Jun 24: "Losing humanitarian perspective in Afghanistan", Edward Girardet, The Christian Science Monitor

Jun 8: "Bad timing in Afghanistan", The Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune

Jun 6: "Rights groups express concern about Afghanistan's security situation", Jim Lobe, Euroasianet

Jun 1: "Afghans wary of Karzai dealings", Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor

Jun 1: "US Nation-Building Abroad - Part III", Ahmed Rashid, Yale Global Online

Jun 1: "UN warning on Afghanistan opium", Andrew North, BBC

Apr 26: "Karzai out Campaining for Voting and against Taliban", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Apr 20: "Al Qaeda Disrupted in Pakistani Tribal Areas, General Says", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Apr 18: "Record poppy crop makes mockery of Afghanistan's 'jihad' on opium", Nick Jackson, The Independent

Apr 12: "In Afghanistan: a US soldier's emotional landscape", Ryung Suh, The Christian Science Monitor

Apr 1: "Taking the Bloom of The Poppy", The Christian Science Monitor

Mar 31: "Afghanistan nation-building at critical point", Paul Reynolds, BBC

Mar 31: "Key aid talks open on Afghanistan", BBC

Mar 30: "Why Afghanistan wants $27.6bn", Andrew North, BBC

Mar 30: "Pakistan withdraws al-Qaeda claim", BBC

Mar 30: "Funds to secure Afghanistan", Said Tayeb Jawad, Washington Times

Mar 30: "Pakistan claims killing of al-Qaida chief", Claudio Franco & Muhammad Qasim, The Independent

Mar 29: "Afghan economy at risk of relying on drug trade", Hugh Williamson & Farhan Bokhari, Financial Times

Mar 26: "What's Hot and Sizzling in Kabul? The new steakhouse", Scott Baldauf, The Christian Sciance Monitor