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News Watch September 2008

Sep 30: Waste management slipping out of control in Kabul, IRIN

Sep 29: Security situation in Afghanistan 'markedly' worse, reports Secretary-General, Relief Web / UN

Sep 29: Food crisis competes for Afghan "hearts and minds", Alistair Scrutton, Reuters / Relief Web

Sep 29: Militants pouring in from Afghanistan: Pakistan, Reuters

Sep 29: FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 29, Reuters / Relief Web

Sep 28: Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul, Christina Lamb, Times Online.com

Sep 28: Analysis: US, Pakistan ties too important to fail, Chris Brummitt, AP / International Herald Tribune

Sep 28: Poverty, unemployment driving Afghanistan towards instability, People's Daily Online

Sep 28: Top Afghan policewoman shot dead, BBC

Sep 26: Better-organized Taliban roar back, Pamela Constable, Seattle Times

Sep 26: Four killed in suicide attack in Afghan east, Reuters

Sep 26: Taliban frees 118 kidnapped Afghan labourers, Reuters

Sep 25: WITNESS-Return to Kabul, in a cordon of fear, Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters

Sep 25: US told it must hold talks with Taliban's Mullah Omar, Isambard Wilkinson, The Telegraph

Sep 25: 'How Bagram destroyed me', Martin Patience, BBC

Sep 25: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Bajaur residents flee fighting, IRIN

Sep 24: Attacks in Afghan capital kill 6 police, Reuters

Sep 24: Afghan president addresses UN General Assembly, International Herald Tribune / AP

Sep 24: UN hears call for ‘Afghan-ization’ of military, UN News Centre

Sep 23: In spite of international aid the situation of children is deteriorating steadily, Relief Web / GfvB

Sep 22: Pakistani troops reportedly fire on US helicopters, Nahal Toosi, AP

Sep 22: IWPR article on harrowing sexual assault on 12-year-old prompts police sackings, Jean Mackenzie, IWPR

Sep 22: Attacks deprive 300,000 students of education, IRIN

Sep 22: Afghanistan Update: August 2008, Center for Defence Infoprmation

Sep 22: Afghans reflect on 'Peace Day', Aunohita Mojumdar, Al Jazeera

Sep 22: Scores 'abducted by Afghan Taliban', Al Jazeera

Sep 21: Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, 20 Sep 2008, Reuters

Sep 21: Conflict stops in wide areas of Afghanistan as Peace Day marked countrywide, Relief Web, UNAMA

Sep 21: Eleven Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack, Reuters

Sep 21: Afghan Taliban back UN anti-polio drive, Peace Day: spokesman, AFP

Sep 20: A Modernized Taliban Thrives in Afghanistan, Pamela Constable, Washington Post

Sep 19: War and Drought Threaten Afghan Food Supply, Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Sep 18: Time to Rethink Tactics Against Taleban, Jean MacKenzie, Institute for War & Peace Reporting

Sep 18: Pakistan's 'bleakest moment', Ahmed Rashid, BBC

Sep 18: Afghan chief shot in Nato 'mistake', Al Jezeera

Sep 18: US examining Afghan war strategy, Gates says, Andrew Gray, Reuters

Sep 18: Attacks on aid challenge Afghan reconstruction, Alistair Scrutton, Reuters

Sep 17: Pakistan Is the Problem, Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com

Sep 17: New breed of Taliban replaces old guard, Alex Thomson, Telegraph.co.uk

Sep 16: FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan, Reuters

Sep 15: Iran 'sending weapons to Taleban', Kate Clark, BBC News

Sep 15: Petraeus: More than force needed in Afghanistan, Kim Gamel, AP / Navytimes.com

Sep 15: Suicide bomber hits U.N. Afghan convoy, 3 dead, Reuters

Sep 14: Shadow of Guantanamo follows freed inmates back to their homes, Jason Burke, The Guardian

Sep 14: US killed civilians after false tip, Jason Straziuso, AP / Yahoo

Sep 14: Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, 14 Sep 2008, Reuters

Sep 13: Pakistan order to kill US invaders, Bruce Loudon, The Australian

Sep 12: 'US drone' fires on Pakistan target, Al Jazeera

Sep 11: Afghans say life no better after invasion, Saeed Ali Achakzai, Relief Web / Reuters

Sep 11: 2008 becomes deadliest year for U.S. in Afghanistan, International Herald Tribune

Sep 11: Ethnic antagonism spurs land disputes in north, IRIN

Sep 10: Secrets of the Taliban's success, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online

Sep 10: US redeploys troops to Afghanistan, Al Jazeera

Sep 9: 2 Afghan civilians killed, 10 wounded by NATO bomb, Rahim Faiez, AP

Sep 9: Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, 09 Sep 2008, Reuters / Relief Web

Sep 9: Germany Discovers a War in Afghanistan, Der Spiegel

Sep 9: Self-immolation on the rise among women, IRIN

Sep 9: Winning the peace - US Forces acquired the office of an NGO, Meghann McNiff Lindholm, Boston University / Relief Web

Sep 8: Afghan kidnappings damage business revival, Hamid Shalizi, Reuters

Sep 8: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes on the Rise, Human Rights Watch / Reuters

Sep 8: Suspected US raid in N Pakistan, Al Jazeera

Sep 8: US reopens inquiry into Afghanistan attack as new evidence emerges, Haroon Siddique, The Guardian

Sep 5: Afghanistan's war has a new battlefield, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online

Sep 5: Factbox-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 4, Relief Web

Sep 5: Karzai promises punishment for Afghan civil casualties, Sharafuddin Sharafiyaar, Reuters

Sep 4: Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid, Robert Birsel, Reuters

Sep 4: Taliban ambush trophy photos shock France, Estelle Shirbon, Reuters

Sep 4: Top Afghan anti-drugs judge murdered in Kabul, AFP

Sep 4: Afghan President Says NATO Ties Strained Over Civilian Killings, DPA / Deutsche Welle

Sep 4: Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack, Nahal Toosi, AP / Washington Times

Sep 3: Deaths in Pakistan village raid involving Afghan international troops, Al Jazeera

Sep 3: Reported US attack pushes Afghanistan war into Pakistan, Simon Tisdall and Saeed Shah, The Guardian

Sep 3: McCain says knows how to capture bin Laden, Reuters

Sep 3: Taliban claims it is 'stronger than ever' in Ghazni, Video, Al Jazeera

Sep 2: Australian forces detained Taliban insurgents in 'dog pens', The Telegraph

Sep 2: Additional child dies from accidental ISAF attack, NATO

Sep 2: US probe finds fewer Afghan deaths than UN claimed, Jason Straziuso, AP

Sep 1: Afghans protest in Kabul over civilian deaths, Reuters

Sep 1: UN calls for "vital funding” to avert humanitarian crisis, IRIN

Sep 1: ISAF accidently kills 3, wounds 7 civilians in Paktika, NATO

Sep 1: Killings of 5 Afghan children inflame tensions, International Herald Tribune

Sep 1: Reality TV show stirs business spirit in Afghanistan, Jonathon Burch, Forbes.com / Reuters

Aug 31: New claims of Afghan civilians killed in US-led strikes, AFP / ReliefWeb

Aug 30: Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers, Tan Ee Lyn, Reuters / ReliefWeb

Aug 29: Thousands more Afghan school books torched: ministry, AFP / ReliefWeb