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News Watch 2006

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

Dec 15: Pakistan Will Have to Reckon With Tribal Leaders, Negroponte Says, Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Dec 14: Afghanistan: Justice for War Criminals Essential to Peace, Human Rights Watch

Dec 14: Afghanistan Launches Plan for Action Amid Violence, Feminist Daily News Wire

Dec 13: An Afghan study group of one, Harlan Ullman, Washington Times

Dec 12: Afghanistan: Justice for War Criminals Essential to Peace, Human Rights Watch

Dec 11: Karzai: NATO bombs, terrorists kill kids, Jason Straziuso, AP, The Beaufort Gazette

Dec 8: Afghan Opium: A Failed Jihad?, Jean MacKenzie, Wahidullah Amani, and Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, ENS

Dec 6: Saving Afghanistan, Barnett R Rubin, Foreign Affairs

Dec 4: Afghanistan: A job half done, Lyse Doucet, BBC

Dec 4: AFGHANISTAN: NATO summit stresses 'progress', Ahto Lobjakas, Euroasianet

Dec 3: Afghanistan Opium Crop Sets Record, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

Nov 29: NATO Agrees on `Fair Sharing of Burden' for Missions, Patrick Donahue, Bloomberg

Nov 28: Afghanistan Clouds NATO Summit, James Graff, Time

Nov 23: Afghan partnership remains largely on track, permanent representative of Japan says while briefing Security Council on mission, Relief Web

Nov 22: Taliban drown our values in sea of blood, say political leaders from the Pashtun tribes, Ahmed Rashid, Telegraph

Nov 7: AFGHANISTAN: Tribal elders reopening southern schools, Irin News

Oct 29: Taliban plan to fight through winter to throttle Kabul, Jason Burke, Observer

Oct 27: Film: ...with the Taleban, BBC

Oct 26: Development and Peace's position on Afghanistan, Relief Web

Oct 24: Rumsfeld urged to alter Afghan drug trade policy, Donna Lainwand, USA Today

Oct 20: Life in Afghanistan not improved for women, Heidi Ulrichsen, Northern Life

Oct 17: Afghan leader: Taliban chief in Pakistan, Kathy Gannon, AP, Enquirer Herald

Oct 16: NATO says air strike kills senior Taliban fighter, Reuters, ABC News

Oct 13: Suicide bomber kills 8 civilians in southern Afghanistan, 2 NATO soldiers wounded, AP

Oct 13: Ex - Gitmo Detainees Arrive in Afghanistan, AP, New York Times

Oct 11: Afghanistan food shortage/Drought: CWS Situation Report 10 Oct 2006, Church World Service, Relief Web

Oct 9: NATO Chief: Afghan Loyalties May Return To Taliban, AP

Oct 6: In Afghanistan, hot place to shop is Bush Bazaar, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times

Oct 5: NATO takes over eastern Afghanistan, Jim Krane, AP, Herald Today

Oct 4: 278 Die in Afghanistan, 2 Other Nations, AP

Oct 3: Afghanistan: Increasing displacement in the south, Relief Web

Oct 2: FEWS Afghanistan: Food Security Warning 02 Oct 2006 - Drought causes food and water shortages in north, Relief Web

Oct 2: Suicide Bomber Targets NATO Convoy In Kabul, AP, Newsnet

Sep 27: Afghan Karzai shrugs off Musharraf complaints, Steve Holland, Reuters, The Star Online

Sep 27: U.S. gen. to command Afghanistan forces, AP, Herald Online

Sep 25: Afghan girls, back in the shadows, Washington Post

Sep 22: Pay attention to Afghanistan, Times Argus

Sep 22: E.U., U.N. Criticize U.S. On Gitmo, CBS News

Sep 22: Bush to press Afghan, Pakistani leaders on terror issues, Ron Hutcheson, McClatchy Newspapers, Centre Daily

Sep 21: 34 Taliban Killed in Afghan Fighting, Jason Straziuso, AP, The Star News Online

Sep 20: UN Official Warns of Possible Afghanistan Collapse, Dan Robinson, Voice of America

Sep 19: Lawyers go to court for Guantanamo detainee, saying he is being mistreated, Andrew Silsky, AP, chron.com

Sep 17: The Death Of an Afghan Optimist, Barnett R. Rubin, Washington Post

Sep 12: Gunmen Kidnap Aid Workers in Afghanistan, AP, ABC News

Sep 11: Coca-Cola plant opens in Afghan capital, Paul Garwood, AP, Philly.com

Sep 10: Top soldier quits as blundering campaign turns into 'pointless' war, Christine Lamb, Times

Sep 10: In Search of My Father's Afghanistan, Saira Shah, Washington Post

Sep 8: Blast by U.S. Kabul embassy kills 16, Reuters, ABC News

Sep 4: More Than 200 Taliban Die in Afghanistan, Noor Khan, The Reflector

Aug 30: Afghanistan wishes more of you were here, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune

Aug 21: 71 militants are killed in battle with NATO and Afghan troops, Noor Khan, AP, The Star Ledger

Aug 16: As drought and floods strike different Afghan regions, UN agencies rush to help, Relief Web

Aug 15: Canadian troops wounded in Afghan attack, AP, CNN

Jul 18: Lessons in terror attacks on education in Afghanistan, Relief Web

Jul 18: Taliban takes control of two Afghan towns, Paul Garwood, AP, Herald Today

Jul 17: Blast at Afghan government office kills two, Abdul Khaliq, Reuters, The Scotsman

Jul 3: Afghan 'Starbucks' proves a hit, Abdul Hai Kakar, BBC

Jun 22: Karzai urges new approach to war on terror, AP, The Myrtle Beach Online

Jun 21: 'Significant fighting' seen in Afghanistan, Amir Shah, AP, Fort Wayne

Jun 21: Coalition troops kill 3 Afghan policemen, AP, Fort Wayne

Jun 20: Afghanistan: Interview with regional analyst Barnet Rubin, Irin, Relief Web

Jun 19: A War on Schoolgirls, Newsweek

Jun 19: Taliban attacks leave 30 dead, AP, CNN

Jun 16: Meanwhile in Afghanistan, bad gets worse, Times Leader

Jun 16: Afghanistan Weekly Situation Report 1 - 13 Jun 2006, Relief Web

Jun 15: Afghan forces launch anti-Taliban push, Jason Straziuso, AP

Jun 13: US berated over Guantanamo suicides, AFP

Jun 9: 2 Afghan aid workers, 7 others killed, AP, The Sun Herald

Jun 8: U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan, AP, The Beaufort Gazette

Jun 2: Afghan police adding to social disorder, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR, Middle East Times

May 29: Afghans riot after US troops kill four, AFP, Lycos News

May 23: Concern mounts over civilian deaths in Afghanistan, AFP

May 19: UN: U.S. must 'eradicate' detainee torture, Sam Cage, AP, Times Leader

May 18: More than 70 dead in Afghan battles, AFP, Lycos News