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News Watch July 2008

Jul 29: Drought wreaks havoc in northern Afghanistan, By Ali Hakim, IFRC communications officer in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Relief Web

Jul 28: UN envoy backs Karzai against Pakistan,ANI

Jul 28: FEWS Afghanistan Food security Update Jul 2008, Relief Web

Jul 27: Obama says Afghanistan is in trouble,IHT

Jul 24: Ex-US official accuses Afghanistan's Karzai of obstructing war on drugs,IHT

Jul 21: Two Turks freed in Afghanistan, returning home, Reuters

Jul 20: Obama meets Karzai,vows steadfast Afghan aid,Fisnik Abrashi, AOP

Jul 19: Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders, Glen Johnson,Las Vegas Sun

Jul 17: 1.5 million "severely" hit by drought, IRIN

Jul 17: Special forces kill Taliban leader in 'critical blow' to insurgency, Richard Norton-Taylor ,Guardian

Jul 16: Food prices fuelling sex work in north? IRIN

Jul 16: How to Save Karzai, By Seth G. Jones, Foreign Policy

Jul 16: Karzai sacks Afghan attorney-general after presidency bid, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Jul 14: India Blames Pakistan For Kabul Embassy Attack, Reuters / New York Times

Jul 13: Afghan women shot dead by Taleban, BBC News

Jul 13: Police say 24 killed in Afghan suicide blast, Noor Khan, AP/ Afghans News Net

Jul 12: Afghan Courts, Derided on Kabul Streets, Targeted for Overhaul, Bill Varner, Bloombergs

Jul 11: Afghanistan's 'sons of the soil' rise up, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online

Jul 11: Concern over Afghan civilian death toll, Martin Patience, BBC News

Jul 10: North Struggles With Severe Drought, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR

Jul 10: European MPs want action on Taliban funding, ADN Kronos

Jul 10: Russia suggests creating drug security belts around Afghanistan, ITAR / TASS

Jul 10: Armchair pilots striking Afghanistan by remote control, Laurie Ure, CNN

Jul 10: India caught in the Taliban myth, M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online

Jul 10: Afghan athlete goes missing, Al Jazeera

Jul 10: Fueling the Taliban: Poppies, Guns and Insurgents, Muhammad Tahir, Jonestown Foundation

Jul 9: Bombing deepens Afghan mistrust of Pakistan, Reuters / The Peninsula, Quatar

Jul 9: Female Outlaw Comes in From the Cold, IWPR

Jul 9: Now it's war against India in Afghanistan, Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times Online

Jul 9: Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths, BBC

Jul 9: Coalition Forces To Start Withdrawal In October, Russian News and Information Agency

Jul 9: NGOs call for separation of UN political, humanitarian roles, IRIN

Jul 9: Appeal for cash to feed 4.5 million people, IRIN

Jul 5: Court Send Afghani Back to Kabul, Radio Sweden, South Asian Media Net

Jul 4: Växjöbos avvisning vägledande, Angela Weise, SR kronoberg