Below follows a selection of the latest news items from the
sections above.
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Jul 24:
Ex-US official accuses Afghanistan's Karzai of obstructing war on drugs,IHT
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Jul 21:
Two Turks freed in Afghanistan, returning home, Reuters
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Jul 20:
Obama meets Karzai,vows steadfast Afghan aid,Fisnik Abrashi, AOP
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Jul 19:
Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders, Glen Johnson,Las Vegas Sun
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Jul 17:
1.5 million "severely" hit by drought, IRIN
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Jul 17:
Special forces kill Taliban leader in 'critical blow' to insurgency, Richard Norton-Taylor ,Guardian
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Jul 16:
Food prices fuelling sex work in north? IRIN
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Jul 16:
How to Save Karzai, By Seth G. Jones, Foreign Policy
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Jul 16:
Karzai sacks Afghan attorney-general after presidency bid, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters
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Jul 14:
India Blames Pakistan For Kabul Embassy Attack, Reuters / New York Times
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Jul 13:
Afghan women shot dead by Taleban, BBC News
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Jul 13:
Police say 24 killed in Afghan suicide blast, Noor Khan, AP/ Afghans News Net
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Jul 12:
Afghan Courts, Derided on Kabul Streets, Targeted for Overhaul, Bill Varner, Bloombergs
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Jul 11:
Afghanistan's 'sons of the soil' rise up, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online
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Jul 11:
Concern over Afghan civilian death toll, Martin Patience, BBC News
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Jul 10:
North Struggles With Severe Drought, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR
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Jul 10:
European MPs want action on Taliban funding, ADN Kronos
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Jul 10:
Russia suggests creating drug security belts around Afghanistan, ITAR / TASS
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Jul 10:
Armchair pilots striking Afghanistan by remote control, Laurie Ure, CNN
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Jul 10:
India caught in the Taliban myth, M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online
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Jul 10:
Afghan athlete goes missing, Al Jazeera
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Jul 10:
Fueling the Taliban: Poppies, Guns and Insurgents, Muhammad Tahir, Jonestown Foundation
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Jul 9:
Bombing deepens Afghan mistrust of Pakistan, Reuters / The Peninsula, Quatar
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Jul 9:
Female Outlaw Comes in From the Cold, IWPR
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Jul 9:
Now it's war against India in Afghanistan, Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times Online
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Jul 9:
Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths, BBC
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Jul 9:
Coalition Forces To Start Withdrawal In October, Russian News and Information Agency
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Jul 9:
NGOs call for separation of UN political, humanitarian roles, IRIN
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Jul 9:
Appeal for cash to feed 4.5 million people, IRIN
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Jul 5:
Court Send Afghani Back to Kabul, Radio Sweden, South Asian Media Net
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Jul 4:
Växjöbos avvisning vägledande, Angela Weise, SR kronoberg
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Jun 30:
Bloodiest month yet for British forces in Afghanistan as another soldier is killed by a landmine, Matthew Hickley, Mail on Sunday
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Jun 30:
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan surging this year, Stephen Graham, Houston Chronicle
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Jun 29:
Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, Reuters
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Jun 29:
In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo, Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post
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Jun 28:
Pentagon Expects More Taliban Attacks, AP / CBS
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Jun 26:
Aid promise prompts IDPs to return, IRIN
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Jun 26:
Afghanistan's shattered history, Martin Patience, BBC News
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Jun 25:
Clashes’ zone near Kandahar to get emergency relief aid, IRIN
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Jun 25:
Time to Address Afghanistan ’s Key Rebuilding Challenges, M. Ashraf Haidari, E-Ariana
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Jun 25:
Russia joins the war in Afghanistan, M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online
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Jun 25:
Juvenile justice system lacks resources, IRIN
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Jun 24:
Clashes continue in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera
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Jun 24:
Cell Phones in the Hindu Kush, Bruce Hoffman and Seth G. Jones, The National Interest
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Jun 24:
Taleban's '$100m opium takings', Kate Clark, BBC News
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Jun 24:
US to carry on military trials at Guantanamo despite ruling, AFP
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Jun 24:
Arghandab’s Two-Day War - As Taleban flee and residents return, opposing sides both claim victory, Abaceen Nasimi, IWPR
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Jun 23:
Stream of deportees from Iran continues, IRIN
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Jun 23:
Death penalty call for man who spread Koran translation, Syed Saleem Shahzad, AKI
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Jun 23:
Afghan teachers face poverty, Chris Sands, E-Ariana / The National
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Jun 22:
Landmines impede civilians' return to volatile Arghandab, IRIN
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Jun 22:
Rockets from Pakistan kill Afghan woman, 3 children, Elyas Wahdat, Reuters
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Jun 22:
Pakistan troops 'aid Taliban', Peter Beaumont and Mark Townsend, The Guardian
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Jun 22:
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, June 22, Reuters
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Jun 22:
Warlord: My encounter with Taliban mastermind, Raymond Whitaker, The Independent
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Jun 22:
These wars are about oil, not democracy, Eric Margolis, Edmonton Sun
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Jun 22:
For Karzai, itsa battle for survival, I. Ramamohan Rao, E-Aryana
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Jun 20:
Afghanistan in an amorphous war, Paul Rogers, openDemocracy / ISN Security Watch
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Jun 19:
ICBL concerned by Taliban mine use allegations, ICBL
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Jun 18:
Villagers flee valley as Taleban dig in to face allied onslaught, Anthony Loyd, Times
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Jun 18:
Afghaner på flykt undan talibanstrider, Nils Hohner, Ekot
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Jun 17:
The wrong pursuit - Karzai’s threat or its actualisation offers a cure which is worse than the disease, Ejaz Haider, Daily Times
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Jun 17:
Pakistan hits back over Afghan leader’s threats, Gulf Times
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Jun 17:
Growing Support for Taleban Talks, Caroline Tosh in London and Hafizullah Gardesh, IWPR
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Jun 16:
Little support for victims of child sexual abuse, IRIN
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Jun 16:
Hekmatyar denies peace-talk rumours, Online News.com.pk
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Jun 16:
Afghan villagers caught in the middle of conflict, Jon Hemming, Reuters
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Jun 15:
Nusrat Khan: disabled elderly "enemy combatant", Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times
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Jun 15:
Aminullah: caught up in feuds, Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times
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Jun 15:
Hukumran: a cabdriver who made a powerful enemy, Tom Lasseter, The Seattle Times
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Jun 15:
Karzai threatens to send forces into Pakistan, Jason Straziuso, AP/New York Times
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Jun 14:
Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan, Alisa Tang, MSNBC
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Jun 14:
Taliban Free 1,200 Inmates in Attack on Afghan Prison, Carlotta Gall, New York Times
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Jun 14:
Britain sends 200 extra troops to Afghanistan, James Kirkup, Telegraph
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Jun 14:
Record Kandahar drug bust comes as rude awakening in hashish heaven, Canadian Press
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Jun 13:
Unfulfilled promises haunt Afghanistan, Bilal Sarwary, BBC News
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Jun 13:
Afghan mothers-to-be face dangerous journey, Katheringe O'Neill, The Globe and Mail
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Jun 12:
High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again, Robert Barnes, Washington Post
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Jun 11:
Rebuilding programme calls for US$50 billion, IRIN
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Jun 11:
Rumour and suspicion that threatens Afghan aid, Jeremy Page, The Times
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Jun 10:
Few Clues to Helmand Journalist’s Killers, Abaceen Nasimi, IWPR
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Jun 10:
Muslims Too Are Victims of Terrorism, Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News
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Jun 10:
No medicine for leishmaniasis in Badakhshan Province, IRIN
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Jun 10:
Applying Iraq’s Lessons in an Afghan Village, Carlotta Gall, New York Times
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Jun 10:
Afghanistan Unraveling - Security Reports Show a Country in Crisis With Number of U.S. Troops Killed Rising, Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent
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Jun 9:
As Ills Persist, Afghan Leader Is Losing Luster, Helene Cooper, The New York Times
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Jun 9:
Fatima, 11, Afghanistan: “We left school to help feed our family”, IRIN
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Jun 9:
Russia may resume arms sales to Afghanistan, Russian News & Information Agency
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Jun 9:
Afghan aid ineffective, inefficient, watchdog says, Jon Hemming, Reuters
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Jun 8:
Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, Reuters
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