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News Watch 2005

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

Dec 23: Two men sentenced to death in Afghanistan for kidnapping,The Associated Press,
Amir Shah

Dec 21: Afghan Parliament Opens, and Finds Democracy Is a Bit Untidy, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Dec 20: Humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan 2001-2005, Reliefweb

Dec 19: Afghan parliament inaugurated,CNN World

Dec 18: Cheney seeking to shore up overseas tiesAssociated Press

Dec 17: Afghans Filled With Hope, DisillusionmentAP Associated Press

Dec 17: The US is now rediscovering the pitfalls of aspirational imperialismThe Guardian

Dec 14: Judge orders UK citizenship for detaineeGuardian Unlimited

Dec 13: Quake hits Afghan-Pakistani border region, Amir Shah, Associated Press

Dec 12: Military's information war Is vast and often secretiveThe Muslims News

Dec 8: Bin Laden's influence may be fading, Saudi envoy saysThe Miami Herald

Dec 7: Reform: Not Ignorant, Not Helpless, Newsweek

Dec 2: Statement: Situation in Afghanistan, Relief Web

Dec 2: Clashes close key Afghan border crossing, AP, Myrtle Beach Online

Dec 2: Pakistan closes Afghan border crossing after spat, Reuters, ABC News

Dec 1: Afghan ex-premier's rebels reject reconciliation, Reuters

Nov 30: UK troops face new Afghan challenge, Andrew North, BBC

Nov 28: Broken promises, Joe Stephens and David B. Ottaway, Washington Post, Fort Wayne

Nov 25: AFGHANISTAN: UNHCR says major concern of refugees is livelihoods not security, Irin News

Nov 24: Afghanistan Needs Help to Boost Security, Fight Drugs, UN Says, Paul Tighe, Bloomberg

Nov 24: UN reports progress in Afghan opium fight, Warren Hoge, The International Herald Tribune

Nov 24: AFGHANISTAN: Calls for an end to violence against women, Irin News

Nov 23: Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan, Daniel Cooney, AP, The Ledger

Nov 22: AFGHANISTAN: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to visit, Irin

Nov 21: Taliban threaten to kill Indian hostage, Reuters, Tiscali News

Nov 17: 2 U.S. Troops Face Charges in Afghanistan, Daniel Cooney, AP, ABC News

Nov 14: Déjà vu in Kabul, Chris Mason, The LA-Times

Nov 14: Husband of Afghan woman poet who was beaten to death attempts suicide, AFP, The Middle East Times

Nov 14: Kabul bombs kill NATO peacekeeper, AP, CNN

Nov 12: Afghanistan: JEMB certifies all final results for Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council elections, Relief Web

Nov 11: MEDIA-AFGHANISTAN: More Than Bombs and Burkhas, Peter Dhondt, IPS

Nov 11: Afghan politicians hold first meeting, Rachel Morarjee, The Financial Times

Nov 9: Afghan final election results due, BBC

Nov 9: Destitute Afghanistan opens its most luxurious hotel, The Middle East Times

Nov 4: Sixth Ohio reservist goes on trial in Afghanistan prisoner-abuse case, AP, The Enquirer

Nov 4: Britain isolated over role in Afghanistan, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Nov 2: U.S. Boosts Afghan Security After Escape, Daniel Cooney, AP, ABC News

Oct 31: Another girls' school burned down in Afghanistan, AFP, The Middle East Times

Oct 28: Building on Afghanistan's Elections, The New York Times

Oct 27: Afghanistan welcomes extradition of rebels, Daniel Cooney, AP, The Beaufort Gazette

Oct 25: Six Afghan civilians die in attack near capital, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters, ABC News

Oct 25: Human violations cause for concern: UN, South Asian Media Net

Oct 24: AFGHANISTAN: Earthquake kills five in south, Irin News

Oct 24: Prison term for blasphemy reflects Afghan Shariah, Carlotta Gall, The International Herald Tribune

Oct 24: Women fare unexpectedly well in Afghan polls,Jo Johnson, The Financial Times in New Delhi

Oct 21: Afghans outraged over alleged desecration, Daniel Cooney, AP, Fort Wayne

Oct 20: U.S. Army to Investigate Report Soldiers Burnt Taliban Corpses, Bloomberg

Oct 20: Afghanistan, coalition forces must promote rights to cement progress – UN report, Relief Web

Oct 20: Afghanistan Weekly Situation Report 13-19 October 2005, Relief Web

Oct 20: US and Afghan probe alleged desecration, The Muslim News

Oct 19: Militants gun down Afghan official, headmaster, Reuters

Oct 18: US troops kill 4 Afghan police by mistake - official, Reuters, Tiscali News

Oct 18: Remember Afghanistan?, Neamat Nojumi, Gulf News

Oct 17: 50 fired for alleged Afghan vote fraud, Daniel Cooney, AP, Fort Wayne

Oct 14: U.S. committed to partnership with Afghanistan, Rice says, Relief Web

Oct 12: 19 dead in ambush of Afghan convoy, Daniel Cooney, AP, Sun Sentinel

Oct 11: Many police die in Afghan ambush, BBC

Oct 10: At least four killed in Afghanistan explosion, AFX, Forbes

Oct 9: Afghanistan to despatch medical aid to quake-hit Pakistan, AFP, Relief Web

Oct 7: US troops kill four Afghan police with "friendly fire", Reuters

Oct 6: NATO to send over 10,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, AFP, Lycos News

Oct 5: Warlords fare well in Afghan poll, AP, CNN

Oct 5: Editor of Afghan women's magazine arrested, Amir Shah, AP, The Beaufort Gazette

Oct 5: The choirs of Kandahar. Exclusive extract from Robert Fisk's new book, The Independent

Oct 4: Vote Count Nearly Complete in Afghanistan, Mettew Pennington, AP, ABC News

Oct 3: Monitors Find Significant Fraud in Afghan Elections, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Oct 3: Afghanistan Weekly Situation Report 22 - 28 Sep 2005, Relief Web

Oct 3: Afghan ballots quarantined, Matthew Pennington, AP, Sun Sentinel

Sep 30: AFGHANISTAN: Interview with chief electoral officer, Peter Erben, Irin news

Sep 29: Afghan capital wary after suicide blast kills nine, AFP, Lycos News

Sep 28: Outgoing Afghan minister: Govt needs purge, Steve Gutterman, AP, Fort Wayne

Sep 28: AFGHANISTAN: Government dismisses legal poppy cultivation, Irin News

Sep 28: Karzai accepts Jalali resignation, BBC

Sep 28: Nine dead, 28 injured in suicide attack on Afghan army centre, AFX News, Forbes

Sep 27: Afghanistan's Interior Minister Resigns, Matthew Pennington, AP, ABC News

Sep 26: Afghanistan releases partial voting results, Steve Gutterman, AP, The Miami Herald

Sep 26: New beginning and identity for Afghan girl forced to live as a boy, Fayaz Siddiqi, Reuters

Sep 25: Five Dead in U.S. Military Copter Crash, Daniel Cooney, AP, The Guardian