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News Watch June 2005

Jun 28: Afghan elections still on despite violence, Daniel Cooney, AP, Island Packet Online

Jun 28: Interview with governor of isolated Nuristan province, Irin News

Jun 28: Massive Afghan voter registration underway despite violence, Middle East Times

Jun 28: Afghans say Taliban won't stop vote despite violence, Reuters

Jun 27: Letter from Afghanistan: US forces dig in, Nick Bryant, BBC

Jun 23: US and Afghan forces have killed about 100 Taliban: police official, AFP, Lycos News

Jun 23: Straw pledges continuing support to Afghanistan, Foreign & Commonwealth Office News

Jun 22: U.S. pounds Afghan site, 40 dead, CNN

Jun 22: US and Afghans 'kill 60 rebels', The Guardian

Jun 21: Afghanistan's slow progress, Rasheeda Bhagat, Frontline

Jun 20: Fierce Fighting Kills 21 in Afganistan, Noor Khan, AP, The Guardian

Jun 17: Taliban say hold 13 Afghans in troubled south, Reuters, Relief Web

Jun 16: Rumsfeld sees Guantanamo Bay camp operating for years to come, AP, The Gulf News

Jun 16: Guantanamo Bay prison should be shut down, George S. Hishmeh, The Gulf News

Jun 16: Rebels slay 7 at Afghan clinic, AP, Daily News

Jun 16: Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar not in Afghanistan: US envoy, AFP, Lycos News

Jun 15: Priceless Carpets Stolen in Afghanistan, Amir Shah, AP, The Guardian

Jun 15: Afghanistan suicide blasts rise, Lisa Hoffman, The Detroit News

Jun 15: Taliban chief: Bin Laden alive and well, AP, USA Today

Jun 14: Opinion: 'Gulag' or not, 'Camp X-ray' must go, Parvez Ahmed, Middle East Times

Jun 14: Cholera outbreak in Afghan capital, Plymouth Evening Herald

Jun 14: UN prepares Afghans to return from Pakistan’s troubled border area, UN News Centre

Jun 13: Finland supports arrangements for parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, Relief Web

Jun 13: Afghan suicide blast hits U.S. troops, MSN News

Jun 13: Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes release of Italian aid worker, UN News Centre

Jun 12: Afghanistan frees kidnapper's mother and three others, Reuters, Gulf News

Jun 11: Kabul denies Afghan kidnap deal, BBC

Jun 11: Ten killed as Afgan bus crashes into U.S. truck, IC Wales

Jun 10: Kidnapped aid worker released, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune, Sun-Sentinel

Jun 10: Freed Italian heading home from Afghanistan, AFP, Yahoo News

Jun 10: 8 killed in Afghan patrol attack, CNN

Jun 9: Return to Afghanistan? - A study of Afghans living in Tehran, Relief Web

Jun 8: Pakistanis killed in Afghan raid, BBC

Jun 8: Worldwide Appeal. Detainee loses right to return home, Amnesty International

Jun 1: At least 14 dead and 32 hurt in Afghan blast, Reuters

May 25: Afghanistan: Musicians unite against censorship, Freemuse