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News Watch January 2008

Jan 29: Witness: Casings Tossed in Afghan Deaths, AP / Yahoo News

Jan 28: Canada warns of Afghan withdrawal, Al Jazeera

Jan 28: Afghan eyes for Afghan issues, the Gulf Today

Jan 28: Briton Opposed by Afghans Won’t Take U.N. Post, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jan 28: US Shift Seen to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Robert Burns, AP / Huffington Post

Jan 28: Kabul gets only 3 hours of electricity a day, despite millions in U.S. and global aid, Jason Straziuso, AP / RAWA

Jan 28: Private investment in Afghanistan drops by half in 2007, business group says, International Herald Tribune / AP

Jan 24: Being in Afghanistan is dangerous, not being in Afghanistan is more dangerous, Ban Ki-Moon, Globe and Mail

Jan 24: Afghan will fail without more troops: experts, Khaleej Times, AFP

Jan 23: Afghan Reporter Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy, Hafizullah Gardesh & Jean MacKenzie, IWPR

Jan 23: Norwegian troops may have beaten Afghans, UPI

Jan 22: Cold-snap deaths top 300, IRIN

Jan 22: Too many young children dying of preventable diseases - UNICEF, IRIN

Jan 22: Afghans: Marines Fired Without Cause, Estes Thompson, AP

Jan 20: Karzai seeks U.N. clarity on Ashdown's Afghan role, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Jan 20: Massive blaze at Kabul hospital, no one hurt - doctors, Relief Web

Jan 20: Afghanistan: Severe winter - Situation Map, Relief Web

Jan 20: UN: More Than One Million People in Afghanistan Need Food, Lisa Schlein, Voice of America

Jan 20: Taliban attacks kill 12 in southern Afghanistan: officials, AFP

Jan 20: Come clean on why we are in Afghanistan, Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star

Jan 17: Gates criticism angers Nato allies, Al Jazeera

Jan 16: Taliban warns of more attacks, Al Jazeera

Jan 16: Marine official: Death payments made to 17 after Afghan shooting, Estes Thompson, Associated Press Writer, The News and Observer

Jan 16: Over 140 killed, dozens injured as winter bites, IRIN

Jan 16: Prostitution Thrives in carefully-concealed brothels and on the streets, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR

Jan 16: NATO warns Afghan civilians to keep distance from military vehicles, Voice of America, Relief Web

Jan 16: Refugee expulsions: Afghanistan summons Iranian envoy, Daily Times

Jan 16: Former Taliban Commander Advises U.S. Ambassador, Ron Synovitz, Radio Free Europe

Jan 14: 'Bravest woman in Afghanistan' speaks in Halifax, Kelly Bazely , Nova News Net

Jan 14: Rising food prices push two million into food-insecurity – WFP, IRIN

Jan 14: Afghans: Report for duty, Ronald E. Neumann, International Herald Tribune

Jan 14: In Afghanistan many live by the kerosene lamp, Jason Straziuso, Associated Press, poststar.com

Jan 14: Big Afghan weddings, banned under Taliban, are back, Kirk Semple, International Herald Tribune

Jan 14: US attacks UK plan to arm Afghan militias, Jerome Starkey, The Independant

Jan 13: Britain could be in Afghanistan for decades, Reuters

Jan 13: Taliban kill 10 policemen in Afghan attack, Reuters

Jan 12: The mysterious Afghan warlord trusted to spread peace in a divided province, Anthony Loyd, Times Online

Jan 10: Afghan civilians were killed needlessly, ex-Marine testifies, Paul Von Zielbauer, International Herald Tribune

Jan 8: Marines examine Afghan civilian deaths, Estes Thompson
AP / Sun Herald

Jan 8: “State of alert” declared as snow causes deaths, blocks roads, IRIN

Jan 8: Does the Taliban rule in Pakistan? Olivier Guitta, Middle East Times

Jan 7: U.S. prison grows beyond capacity in Afghanistan, Tim Golden, International Herald Tribune

Jan 7: Brown can no longer afford to treat Britain's war casualties so shoddily, Max Hastings, The Guardian

Jan 7: Försök få talibanledare byta sida, TT / DN

Jan 6: NATO says two civilians killed in Afghanistan, AFP

Jan 6: U.S. law firms could help shape Afghanistan's future — for price, Philip Dine, St. Louis Post Dispatch

Jan 6: Bin Laden whereabouts are speculation: Pakistan envoy to US, AFP

Jan 6: Afghanistan sets up new bodies to strengthen women rights, Xinhua, Relief Web

Jan 5: Afghan clerics warn Karzai against missionaries, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Jan 5: Putting food on Afghan tables getting harder, Allison Lampert, CanWest News Service

Jan 3: 21 killed in Afghan bombings, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Write, Afghan News Network

Jan 3: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Pakistanis seek refuge, relief in southeast, IRIN

Jan 3: Afghanistan calls on Iran to delay decision on refugees, Relief Web

Jan 2: Some schools more vulnerable to attack than others?, IRIN

Jan 1: Diplomats expelled from Afghanistan, Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press, Afghan News Network

Jan 1: Nation building key in Afghanistan, Interview with Daan Everts Prt 1, Aunohita Mojumdar, Al Jazeera

Jan 1: Afghanistan needs Muslim aid effort, Interview with Daan Everts Prt 2, Aunohita Mojumdar, Al Jazeera

Jan 1: Bhutto death rocks Afghan hopes for anti-militant alliance, Bronwen Roberts, AFP

Jan 1: Poland Facing War Crimes in Afghanistan, Zoltán Dujisin, IPS