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News Watch February 2006

Feb 28: Afghan prison siege enters 4th day, Yousuf Azimy, Reuters, Tiscali News

Feb 28: Afghanistan: Repatriation from Pakistan restarts after winter break, Relief Web

Feb 27: Inmates take over cellblock in Kabul, Sultan M. Munadi and Carlotta Gall, The New York Times, Sun Sentinel

Feb 27: Former Taliban spokesman now in Yale, The Middle East Times

Feb 27: AFGHANISTAN: Investment climate improving – World Bank, Irin news

Feb 24: Taliban kill four Afghan soldiers in ambush, Reuters, Tiscali News

Feb 23: Arrogance on 2 sides clouds Guantánamo, Richard Bernstein, International Herald Tribune

Feb 22: AFGHANISTAN: Efforts against bird flu insufficient - FAO, Irin News, Reuters

Feb 21: Australia Will Send 200 Extra Troops to Afghanistan, Bloomberg

Feb 21: Guantánamo actors questioned under terror act after film festival, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian

Feb 21: Afghanistan: Militants set fire to a school in southern Helmand, Relief Web

Feb 20: AFGHANISTAN: Pervasive gender gaps need urgent addressing, says World Bank, Irin News

Feb 20: Afghan cartoon protesters voice al Qaeda support, Reuters

Feb 20: U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan, AP, The Beayfort Gazette

Feb 17: Annan backs UN Guantanamo demand, BBC

Feb 16: Italian aid workers found dead in Kabul, AP, Myrtle Beach Online

Feb 14: 4 U.S. Soldiers Killed by Blast in Afghanistan, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Feb 14: Guantanamo UN Report Based on `Hearsay,' U.S. Government Says, Bloomberg

Feb 13: Taliban ambush Afghan militia unit, two dead, Reuters

Feb 10: Eight Afghan soldiers killed in two blasts, Reuters, MSN News

Feb 9: Other agendas thrive in furor over cartoons, Griff Witte - Washington Post, The Seattle Times

Feb 8: Afghan avalanches kill 19 villagers, Reuters, Tiscali News

Feb 8: Four more die in rioting over Prophet cartoons as calm elusive, Nasrat Shoib, AFP, Middle East Times

Feb 8: Top clerics urge calm in Afghan protests, AP, International Herald Tribune

Feb 7: 12 killed in Afghanistan bombing, The Guardian

Feb 7: Afghan government pulls licenses from more than 1,600 NGOs, Relief Web

Feb 6: Afghan Rioters Demonstrate Over Cartoons, AP, The Ledger

Feb 6: One killed, several hurt, in Afghan cartoon protest, Herald News Daily

Feb 6: Op-Ed: Now back to Afghanistan, Relief Web

Feb 6: One killed, two wounded, in Afghan cartoon protest, Reuters, ABC News

Feb 6: Four Killed in Cartoon Protest, AP, Editor & Publisher

Feb 3: 23 killed in Afghan fighting, coalition planes called in, Nasrat Shoaib, AFP, Middle East Times