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News Watch June 2008

Jun 30: Bloodiest month yet for British forces in Afghanistan as another soldier is killed by a landmine, Matthew Hickley, Mail on Sunday

Jun 30: Civilian deaths in Afghanistan surging this year, Stephen Graham, Houston Chronicle

Jun 29: Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, Reuters

Jun 29: In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo, Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post

Jun 28: Pentagon Expects More Taliban Attacks, AP / CBS

Jun 26: Aid promise prompts IDPs to return, IRIN

Jun 26: Afghanistan's shattered history, Martin Patience, BBC News

Jun 25: Clashes’ zone near Kandahar to get emergency relief aid, IRIN

Jun 25: Time to Address Afghanistan ’s Key Rebuilding Challenges, M. Ashraf Haidari, E-Ariana

Jun 25: Russia joins the war in Afghanistan, M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online

Jun 25: Juvenile justice system lacks resources, IRIN

Jun 24: Clashes continue in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera

Jun 24: Cell Phones in the Hindu Kush, Bruce Hoffman and Seth G. Jones, The National Interest

Jun 24: Taleban's '$100m opium takings', Kate Clark, BBC News

Jun 24: US to carry on military trials at Guantanamo despite ruling, AFP

Jun 24: Arghandab’s Two-Day War - As Taleban flee and residents return, opposing sides both claim victory, Abaceen Nasimi, IWPR

Jun 23: Stream of deportees from Iran continues, IRIN

Jun 23: Death penalty call for man who spread Koran translation, Syed Saleem Shahzad, AKI

Jun 23: Afghan teachers face poverty, Chris Sands, E-Ariana / The National

Jun 22: Landmines impede civilians' return to volatile Arghandab, IRIN

Jun 22: Rockets from Pakistan kill Afghan woman, 3 children, Elyas Wahdat, Reuters

Jun 22: Pakistan troops 'aid Taliban', Peter Beaumont and Mark Townsend, The Guardian

Jun 22: FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, June 22, Reuters

Jun 22: Warlord: My encounter with Taliban mastermind, Raymond Whitaker, The Independent

Jun 22: These wars are about oil, not democracy, Eric Margolis, Edmonton Sun

Jun 22: For Karzai, itsa battle for survival, I. Ramamohan Rao, E-Aryana

Jun 20: Afghanistan in an amorphous war, Paul Rogers, openDemocracy / ISN Security Watch

Jun 19: ICBL concerned by Taliban mine use allegations, ICBL

Jun 18: Villagers flee valley as Taleban dig in to face allied onslaught, Anthony Loyd, Times

Jun 18: Afghaner på flykt undan talibanstrider, Nils Hohner, Ekot

Jun 17: The wrong pursuit - Karzai’s threat or its actualisation offers a cure which is worse than the disease, Ejaz Haider, Daily Times

Jun 17: Pakistan hits back over Afghan leader’s threats, Gulf Times

Jun 17: Growing Support for Taleban Talks, Caroline Tosh in London and Hafizullah Gardesh, IWPR

Jun 16: Little support for victims of child sexual abuse, IRIN

Jun 16: Hekmatyar denies peace-talk rumours, Online News.com.pk

Jun 16: Afghan villagers caught in the middle of conflict, Jon Hemming, Reuters

Jun 15: Nusrat Khan: disabled elderly "enemy combatant", Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times

Jun 15: Aminullah: caught up in feuds, Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times

Jun 15: Hukumran: a cabdriver who made a powerful enemy, Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times

Jun 15: Karzai threatens to send forces into Pakistan, Jason Straziuso, AP/New York Times

Jun 14: Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan, Alisa Tang, MSNBC

Jun 14: Taliban Free 1,200 Inmates in Attack on Afghan Prison, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jun 14: Britain sends 200 extra troops to Afghanistan, James Kirkup, Telegraph

Jun 14: Record Kandahar drug bust comes as rude awakening in hashish heaven, Canadian Press

Jun 13: Unfulfilled promises haunt Afghanistan, Bilal Sarwary, BBC News

Jun 13: Afghan mothers-to-be face dangerous journey, Katheringe O'Neill, The Globe and Mail

Jun 12: High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again, Robert Barnes, Washington Post

Jun 11: Rebuilding programme calls for US$50 billion, IRIN

Jun 11: Rumour and suspicion that threatens Afghan aid, Jeremy Page, The Times

Jun 10: Few Clues to Helmand Journalist’s Killers, Abaceen Nasimi, IWPR

Jun 10: Muslims Too Are Victims of Terrorism, Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News

Jun 10: No medicine for leishmaniasis in Badakhshan Province, IRIN

Jun 10: Applying Iraq’s Lessons in an Afghan Village, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jun 10: Afghanistan Unraveling - Security Reports Show a Country in Crisis With Number of U.S. Troops Killed Rising, Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent

Jun 9: As Ills Persist, Afghan Leader Is Losing Luster, Helene Cooper, The New York Times

Jun 9: Fatima, 11, Afghanistan: “We left school to help feed our family”, IRIN

Jun 9: Russia may resume arms sales to Afghanistan, Russian News & Information Agency

Jun 9: Afghan aid ineffective, inefficient, watchdog says, Jon Hemming, Reuters

Jun 8: Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, Reuters

Jun 8: Afghan census postponed for two years-U.N. Relief Web

Jun 8: China: Afghan investment reveals larger strategy, Ron Synovitz, EurasiaNet

Jun 7: The US Policy feeds Al-Qaeda, Victor Nadein, Voice of Russia

Jun 6: No New Guantanamo for Afghanistan, Hafizullah Gardesh and Jean MacKenzie, IWPR

Jun 5: True cost of war going up, The Ironton Tribune

Jun 5: US forces in Afghanistan, Congressional Research Service

Jun 5: World Bank in Afghan aid warning, Mike Wooldridge, BBC

Jun 5: Dozen insurgents killed in Afghanistan; 1 Afghan killed, 23 wounded in attacks, AP/ International Herald Tribune

Jun 5: FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan, Reuters

Jun 5: Promoting Perfume, Not Poppies, in Afghanistan, Ivan Watson NPR

Jun 4: Afghanistan awards China $3.5 billion contract to mine huge copper field includes coal-fired power plant and freight railroad, Ron Synovitz, straightgoods.se

Jun 4: Al Qaeda's strategic chaos, Haider A H Mullick, International the News

Jun 4: Afghan Fantasist to Face Trial at Guantanamo, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post

Jun 4: Detained journalist sues Bush administration, Lara Jakes Jordan, AP/ The Enquirer-Herald

Jun 3: Ahmed Rashid's 'Descent into Chaos': terrifying, Roger Gathman, Austin American-Statesman

Jun 3: Guantanamo Trials: Critical Judge Sacked, British Torture Victim Charged, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post

Jun 3: Estonians Ready for Battle in Afghanistan's "Hell Land", DPA, Deutche Welle

Jun 3: U.S. Reports Gains Against Taliban Fighters, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Jun 3: Civilians Driven From Garmsir by Fighting: Helmand governor says major international operation is causing humanitarian crisis, Aziz Ahmad Tassal and Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, IWPR

Jun 2: Pak deal with Taliban should not come at Afghan cost, says Karzai, PTI / The Pioneer

Jun 2: Afghan children paying family debts, Al Jazeera

Jun 2: Aid to Afghanistan: Sending the wrong message, Anna Husarska, International Herald Tribune

Jun 2: Despair mounts in Afghan food crisis, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune

Jun 2: Hopes Dashed for Afghan Journalist’s Release, Jean MacKenzie, IWPR

Jun 2: Karzai blames West for Afghan violence, Reuters, Canada.com

Jun 2: Taliban flee U.S. Marines onslaught in Afghanistan, Reuters

Jun 1: US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships, Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Jun 1: More than 120,000 Afghan refugees home this year: UN, Relief Web

Jun 1: Suicide attacks often claim civilian lives in Afghanistan, Abdul Haleem, Xinhua

Jun 1: Afghanistan's first national park has landmines, Eleanor Mayne, Telegraph

May 30: Is history being repeated in Afghanistan? Roohullah Rahimi, e-Ariana