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News Watch February 2008

Feb 29: Transfer of Afghan detainees resumed, Matthew Fisher, National Post

Feb 29: Extreme cold hits farmers in Afghanistan: Livestock devastated - high fuel, cereal prices reduce poor’s access to food, Relief Web

Feb 29: Taliban Blow Up Afghan Phone Tower, Noor Khan, AP / The Guardian

Feb 29: Obama says Europe must do more in Afghanistan, Jeff Mason, Reuters

Feb 29: Visas for War Zone Translators Halted, Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Feb 28: Uzbek strongman scorns AG orders as unlawful, Pajhwak / E-ariana

Feb 28: Karzai-bashing deeply disturbing: Congressman Pitts, Individual.com

Feb 28: Clashes in Helmand leave civilians dead, displaced, IRIN

Feb 28: Donors should support local peace-building efforts - Oxfam, IRIN

Feb 28: Hard decisions as Pakistan's largest refugee village faces closure, Relief Web

Feb 28: Gov't insists it controls Afghanistan, Rahim Faiez, AP / Washington Post

Feb 28: Journalist designated an enemy combatant, Alisa Tang, AP / wiredispatch.com

Feb 28: Community peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The case for a national strategy, Relief Web

Feb 27: Poverty pushing youth into arms of Taliban? IRIN

Feb 27: Winnable wars that can be lost in political arena, Anthony H. Cordesman, Washington Post

Feb 27: A look at recent kidnappings of foreigners in Afghanistan, AP / International Herald Tribune

Feb 26: Afghanistan: Defeat or victory? Debbie Menon, Khaleej Times

Feb 26: Taleban issue mobile phone threat, Jon Brain, BBC

Feb 26: Domestic violence against children widespread - study, IRIN

Feb 26: Norway to send troops to southern Afghanistan, Xinhua / Relief Web

Feb 26: France to send troops to Afghan combat zone-report, Andrew Dobbie, Reuters / Relief Web

Feb 26: Bomb kills policemen in eastern Afghanistan, Allegra Stratton, Guardian

Feb 26: NATO may follow if Canada exits Afghanistan, Daily TImes

Feb 26: Ousted By Iran, Afghan Refugees Languish At Home, Anand Gopal, IPS

Feb 26: U.S. Struggles to Find Envoy, Hindering Effort to Stabilize Afghanistan, Michael Abramowitz and Colum Lynch, Washington Post

Feb 26: America Wrong, Europe Right, William M. Arkin, Washington Post

Feb 25: Women's lives worse than ever, Terri Judd, The Independent

Feb 25: Canada: Afghan mission most important debate facing nation, Brodie Fenlon, Globe and Mail

Feb 25: Post-war Afghanistan sees more local-made products, Xinhua / China People´s Daily

Feb 25: Afghanistan's Pop Idol breaks barriers, Alastair Leithead, BBC

Feb 24: Winter cold devastates livestock sector, IRIN

Feb 24: Afghan governor survives bomb blast, three cops killed, Yahoo News

Feb 24: General: Attacks down sharply in E. Afghanistan, Alisa Tang, AP / Army Times

Feb 24: Pakistan Taliban warn new government to keep clear, Kamran Haider, Reuters

Feb 24: The ghosts of Pul-e-Charkhi, Fariba Nawa, The Sunday Times

Feb 24: Choosing Which War to Fight, Helene Cooper, NY Times

Feb 24: Leaving Afghanistan, Jonathan Power, Khaleej Times

Feb 21: Tortured logic, John Sharkey, The Minnesota Daily

Feb 21: 30 Taliban members killed during crack-down operation, Gulf News

Feb 21: Bread price hike affects millions, IRIN

Feb 21: Death sentence case has chilling effect on press freedom,
Terry Friel, Eurasianet.org

Feb 21: NATO winning battles, losing Afghanistan, Ali Gharib, Asia Times Online

Feb 20: NATO Tensions Grow Over Afghanistan, Jela De Franceschi, Voice of America

Feb 20: Over 200,000 Afghans hit by severe cold to receive UN assistance, UN, Relief Web

Feb 20: Millions vulnerable to spring floods, IRIN

Feb 20: Psychological scars of violence on children, IRIN

Feb 20: Power Cuts Leave Helmand Shivering, Mohammad Elyas Dayee and Aziz Ahmad Tassal, IWPR

Feb 20: Community councils and microfinance boost development in Afghanistan, Guy Collender, IDS

Feb 20: New party to focus on women's rights, Farangis Najibullah, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan

Feb 20: Taliban defeat will take years: US general, AFP / Yahoo News

Feb 20: IMF: Afghanistan Econ Improves Despite Weak Security, Dow Jones / Nasdaq

Feb 20: CTV freelancer detained at U.S. base in Afghanistan, Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail

Feb 19: Humanitarian situation worsens as Afghan hostilities spread, Relief Web

Feb 19: Norwegian troops likely to stay in Afghanistan until 2015, Aftenposten

Feb 19: States must act now to prevent cruel toll of cluster munitions, ICRC, Relief Web

Feb 19: Afghan general prosecutor summons ex-warlord, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters / Yahoo News

Feb 19: Chronology-Bombing attacks in Afghanistan, Reuters

Feb 19: Group Decries Jailing of Afghan Reporter, AP/ SF Gate

Feb 18: Germany Faces Political Dilemma in Afghanistan, Trinity Hartman, Deutsche Welle

Feb 18: Miliband urged to regulate private military, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Feb 18: Security worries rise in Afghanistan capital, Pamela Constable, The Boston Globe

Feb 18: Kuchi nomads seek a better deal, IRIN

Feb 18: Marine shooting case illustrates difficulty of battlefield cases, Estes Thompson, AP / Statesville.com

Feb 17: When is war a crime? Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald

Feb 17: Mass deportation from Iran may cause crisis, official warns, IRIN

Feb 17: 80 Die in Bombing at Afghan Dog Fight, Allauddin Khan, The Guardian

Feb 17: Severe Flooding Expected During Afghan Spring Thaw, Lisa Schlein, Voice of America

Feb 16: Afghanistan's coldest winter kills over 900, Relief Web

Feb 15: London bombs justify 'torture', says Bush, Mail & Guardian

Feb 14: MPs 'disappointed' by Karzai claim, IC Wales

Feb 14: Friend of Pervez flees extremists in Afghanistan, Jerome Starkey, The Independent

Feb 14: Pneumonia spreads as winter deaths top 800, IRIN

Feb 14: Clock running on NATO's stretched Afghan operation, Luke Baker, Reuters

Feb 14: Germany to debate new Afghanistan mandate, Reuters

Feb 14: Dispatch from Afghanistan: An abundance of snow, little to eat, Vicel Meregillano-Hicks, Relief Web

Feb 14: France mulls greater role in Afghanistan, Jamey Keaten, AP / News & Observer

Feb 14: Report calls for more Afghan control of budget, Al Jazeera

Feb 13: Donors pledge US$31 million in food aid, IRIN

Feb 13: Digging in to survive the cold, Ali Hakimi, Relief Web

Feb 13: Pakistan: Gearing up for another Afghan repatriation drive, IRIN

Feb 13: Defeat a "real possibility" in Afghanistan: Ashdown, Reuters

Feb 13: 'Al Qaeda is not interested in Afghanistan', Rediff.com

Feb 13: Taliban offers kidnapped diplomat for leader, Adnkronos

Feb 13: Afghanistan's refugee crisis 'ignored', Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Feb 13: Polish soldiers charged with murdering Afghans kept in jail, Yahoo