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News Watch April 2008

Apr 30: New Afghan UN envoy gets strong US backing, Daily Times

Apr 30: IDPs reluctant to return home, IRIN

Apr 30: Food insecurity prompts hundreds to leave their homes, IRIN

Apr 29: Suicide bomb on poppy team kills 19 Afghans, Jon Hemming, Reuters

Apr 29: Brains, not brawn, in Afghanistan, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online

Apr 29: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan sign energy, transport deals, International The News

Apr 29: Drugs for guns: how the Afghan heroin trade is fuelling the Taliban insurgency, Jerome Starkey, AP / The Independent

Apr 28: The battle for human rights: In the shadow of the Taliban, The Independent

Apr 28: Afghanistan probes parade attack, Al Jazeera

Apr 24: General Petraeus to head U.S. forces in Middle East, Gordon Lubold and Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

Apr 24: India drawn deeper into Afghanistan, Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times Online

Apr 24: Taliban reap a peace dividend, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online

Apr 24: Afghan Riders Saddle Up for Buzkashi Season, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR

Apr 24: Afghan violence could worsen in 2008 - U.S. general, Jonathon Burch, Reuters / Relief Web

Apr 24: TAPI gas pipeline project to begin in 2010, An Lu, Xinhuanet

Apr 24: Pakistan, Afghanistan Proclaim 'New Beginning' In Relations, Nasdaq

Apr 24: It's guns and roses in Afghanistan, Sanjay Pendse, The Times of India

Apr 23: Extend transitional justice scheme till 2009 - rights watchdog, IRIN

Apr 23: Afghans hit hard by rising world food prices, Abdul Saboor, Reuters

Apr 23: Afghanistan launches hunt for body of president killed 30 years ago, AFP/ Yahoo

Apr 23: Trans-Afghan Pipeline Discussions Open In Islamabad, Bruce Pannier, Radio Free Europe

Apr 23: Ten killed in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan: officials, MSN

Apr 22: Afghan leader rejects call to end death penalty but says life sentencing better, AP/ International Herald Tribune

Apr 22: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Afghan refugee settlements demolished at Jalozai, IRIN

Apr 21: With US busy in Iraq, violence surges in Afghanistan, The Frontier Post

Apr 21: Afghan ministry denies evidence of depleted uranium, Reuters

Apr 21: Security and governance biggest Afghan problems: Solana, Reuters

Apr 21: Aid group: Only 35 percent of Afghan students are girls, AP / New York Times

Apr 20: Iranian, Afghan forces clash at southwestern border, Amir Shah, AP / Yahoo

Apr 20: Can peace be won in NWFP? Khalid Aziz, The News International

Apr 20: Nato admits mistakenly supplying arms and food to Taliban, Anil Dawar, The Guardian

Apr 19: Afghanistan moves to center stage, M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online

Apr 17: Afghan opposition says it's been talking to Taliban, Jason Straziuso, AP / The State

Apr 17: View: Reviewing counter-insurgency policy, Talat Masood, Daily Times

Apr 17: Tremendous potential for food self-sufficiency - FAO expert, IRIN

Apr 16: Attacks on NGOs rise sharply in 2008 - report, IRIN

Apr 16: Condemned Afghan Journalist Wins Right to Appeal Death Sentence, Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg

Apr 16: Afghanistan’s Economic Fortunes: Interview with Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Minster of Finance, Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations

Apr 15: Migrationsverket stoppar inte avvisningar till Kabul, Anna Bagge, Gefle Dagblad

Apr 15: Afghans leave Pakistan refugee camp, Al Jazeera

Apr 15: Terrorist trials get thornier with boycott, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald

Apr 15: Red Cross urges US military to allow outside evidence in Afghan detainee hearings, AP / Altoona Mirror

Apr 15: No food price relief seen for poor Afghans, Jonathon Burch, Reuters

Apr 15: Shut Down Guantánamo! London Actions in April & May, UK indymedia

Apr 15: Supreme Court issues 100 death sentences, Adnkronos.com

Apr 15: Child brides 'sold' in Afghanistan, BBC

Apr 14: Afghans and Pakistanis "squeezing" Taliban and al Qaeda, Robert Birsel, Reuters

Apr 14: Two British soldiers, 11 Afghan police killed, Reuters

Apr 14: Afghanistan should be NATO's priority, Karl F. Inderfurt, Daily Star

Apr 13: Video Link Plucks Afghan Detainees From Black Hole of Isolation, Carlotta Gall, NY Times

Apr 13: Warlordism 'Is Winning' Versus Democracy, Radio Free Europe

Apr 13: Are Afghanistan's aid millions well spent? George Arney, BBC

Apr 13: US is 'undermining' Afghan trials, Elettra Neysmith, BBC / Khilafah

Apr 13: Over 400,000 people receive food aid amid soaring prices, IRIN

Apr 13: 8 dead, 7 wounded in attacks, UPI

Apr 12: Whose side are the Afghans on? Con Coughlin, Telegraph

Apr 12: Mass grave unearthed in northern Afghanistan, Reuters

Apr 11: US 'failing' Afghan fair trials, Elettra Neysmith, BBC News

Apr 11: Afghan woman to head UN rights post, Daily Tomes

Apr 10: U.S. Needs Taliban to Regain Afghanistan, Jalal Ghazi, New America Media

Apr 10: The international community is betraying Afghanistan, Kevin Rafferty, The Japan Times

Apr 10: Ten schools torched in past three weeks, IRIN

Apr 10: Suicide blast in Afghanistan kills eight: police, AFP / Hindustan Times

Apr 10: A New Approach to Multinational Coordination in Afghanistan, Ronald E. Neumann, The Stanley Foundation

Apr 9: US president gets an earful from Afghan governors, Laurent Lozano, AFP / e-ariana

Apr 9: Afghanistan's presidential poll set for late 2009, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters / e-ariana

Apr 9: Talking to the Taliban: when and why, Seddiq Weera and Joanna Santa Barbara, Globe and Mail

Apr 9: Afghan U.N. envoy urges sense of urgency on help, Robert Birsel, Reuters

Apr 8: Pakistan's western front, Zeenia Satti, The News International

Apr 8: ICRC president assesses worsening humanitarian situation, Relief Web

Apr 8: Militants kill 17 Afghan road workers, Amir Shah, AP / Yahoonews.com

Apr 8: Kabul hotel tax raid sparks cash exodus, Jon Boone, e-ariana

Apr 7: Post-Taliban Afghanistan Still in 'Deep Crisis,' Expert Says, Evan Moore, CNSNews.com

Apr 7: Afghanistan arms fuel further abuse, The Frontier Post

Apr 7: Threat of ethnic clashes over grazing land, IRIN

Apr 7: 16 die in strike against fugitive Afghan warlord; 7 police killed in poppy field, Noor Khan, International Herald Tribune

Apr 7: Afghanistan probes civilian deaths claim, Daily Times

Apr 7: Vocal 'Warlord' Critic Seeks To Reverse Her Expulsion From Legislature, Radio Free Europe

Apr 6: Karzai says Afghanistan not a failed state, The Frontier Post / Relief Web

Apr 6: Afghanistan still heavily mined: UN, The Frontier Post, Relief Web

Apr 6: Afghanistan strategies, Ronald E. Neumann, The Washington Times

Apr 6: US forces are getting increasingly bogged down in the Afghanistan quagmire, Kaleem Omar, The News International

Apr 4: Legendary Mujahideen Leader Releases Video in New Offensive, Syed Saleem Shahzad, News Blaze