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News Watch 2009

Below follows a selection of the latest news items from the sections above.

Dec 26: Afghans to hold parliament vote by late May: official, Jonathon Burch, Afghan News Network

Dec 18: Afghan ministers cleared of charges, Al Jazeera

Dec 16: More civilians promised for Afghanistan, Golnar Motevalli, Reuters UK

Dec 16: "NATO urges security ties, Afghan help from Moscow", Conor Sweeney and Amie Ferris-Rotman, Reuters

Dec 3: 'Partners' is the new buzzword in Afghanistan, Hanneke Chin-A-Fo, NRC Handelsblad

Nov 26: Obama holds Afghan war meeting, Al Jazeera

Nov 26: Is corruption in Afghanistan too deep to root out?, Reuters, Relief web

Nov 23: Rebuilding Afghanistan with the women of Samangan, Unama, Relief Web

Nov 18: Afghans 'blame poverty for war', BBC

Nov 17: Afghanistan’s Parliament in the making: Gendered understandings and practices of politics in a transitional country, Unifem, Relief Web

Nov 16: Afghans fear insurgent infiltration across Iran border, IWPR, Relief Web

Nov 12: Afghan Enclave Offers Model to Rebuild, and Rebuff Taliban, Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times

Nov 12: Afghanistan exports first apples to India, AFP, Relief Web

Nov 11: Global Pressure Mounts Ahead of Karzai Inauguration, AFP, Afghanistan Conflict Monitor

Nov 10: Karzai hits back against critics, Al Jazeera

Nov 9: Karzai says he's addressing corruption, JoAnne Allen, Reuters

Nov 6: In Security Crisis, Afghan Women Leaders Demand Support, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daily Beast

Nov 3: Voting together: Why Afghanistan’s 2009 elections were (and were not) a disaster, AREU, Relief Web

Nov 3: Karzai vows 'inclusive' government, Al Jazeera

Nov 2: Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped, Alissa J Rubin & Alan Cowell, New York Times

Nov 2: Karzai declared Afghan president, run-off cancelled, Reuters, Relief Web

Oct 29: Afghan election plan criticised as insufficient, Hamid Shalizi, Reuters

Oct 28: UN staff killed in Kabul attack, Al Jazeera

Oct 27: Karzai dismisses election rival's ultimatum, Golnar Motevalli & Ahmed Masood, Reuters

Oct 26: Afghan Fury at Koran Burning Claims, Abdullah Obaidi, IWPR

Oct 25: More than an olive branch, Irin

Oct 22: On the announcement of the beginning and end of the second round of the Presidential Election campaign, IEC

Oct 21: Afghan election officials fired ahead of run-off, Jonathon Burch, Reuters

Oct 21: With New Vote, Path to Afghan Stability Is Unclear, Sabrina Tavernise, Mark Landler & Helene Cooper, New York Times

Oct 20: Afghan runoff election will be "huge challenge"-UN, Reuters

Oct 19: US warning on Afghan poll results, Al Jazeera

Oct 16: Video: Karzai rival demands run-off, Jonah Hull, Al Jazeera

Oct 16: Possible outcomes of Afghan election, Reuters

Oct 15: Can the EU rebuild failing states? - A review of Europe’s civilian capacities, Daniel Korski & Richard Gowan, ECFR, Relief Web

Oct 15: NGOs highlight priorities ahead for the next Afghan government, Oxfam, Relief Web

Oct 14: Sway Over Afghan Insurgents Proves Elusive, Joshua Partlow & Greg Jaffe, Washington Post

Oct 14: 'We will not risk our lives to vote again': Karzai's tribal allies, Nasrat Shoaib, AFP, Relief Web

Oct 13: INTERVIEW-Karzai challenger opens door to unity government, Sean Maguire, Reuters

Oct 12: Insurgents Taking Charge in Kunduz, Gul Rahim Niazmand, IWPR

Oct 12: UN highlights Afghan poll fraud, BBC

Oct 12: Views on Afghanistan Buildup Bring Clinton and Gates Together in an Alliance, Mark Landler & Thom Shanker, New York Times

Oct 12: Afghan recovery report: Insurgents taking charge in Kunduz, IWPR, Relief Web

Oct 11: UN: Afghan vote fraud widespread, Al Jazeera

Oct 9: Taliban condemns Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Waheedullah Massoud, AFP, Afghan News

Oct 8: Large blast outside Indian embassy in Kabul, Reuters

Oct 8: 13 dead as blast targets Kabul's Indian embassy, Waheedullah Massoud, AP, Relief Web

Oct 4: Flooding Amu River displaces hundreds of people, Irin News, Reuters

Oct 4: Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Afghan Risks, Sabrina Tavernise & Sangar Rahimi, New York Times

Sep 29: Nato urges new Afghan strategy, Al Jazeera

Sep 27: U.S. Believes Karzai Will Be Re-elected, Helene Cooper & Mark Landler, Nwe York Times

Sep 23: Crossfire Forces Wardak Farmers Off Land, Habiburahman Ibrahimi, IWPR

Sep 23: Mixed messages from Pentagon on Afghan troop plans, Adam Entous and Phil Stewart, Reuters

Sep 21: Taliban leader Mullah Omar takes aim at Obama, Peter Graff, Reuters

Sep 18: Toward An Afghan Democracy?, AREU (Report), Afghan Conflict Monitor

Sep 18: Possible outcomes of Afghanistan's election, Peter Graff, Reuters

Sep 17: Karzai defends Afghan poll, Al Jazeera

Sep 17: Huge explosion rocks Afghan capital, Al Jazeera

Sep 16: Taliban gives nod to polio immunization in south, Irin News

Sep 14: Afghans question what democracy has done for them, Kay Joahnson, AP, SF-Chronicle

Sep 13: A 3 day mop up immunization for polio eradication in 8 provinces of Afghanistan starts, Government of Afghanistan

Sep 13: US expands Afghan prison rights, Al Jazeera

Sep 11: Cricket camp promotes peace and the right to play in Afghanistan, Cornelia Walther, Unicef

Sep 11: Victims' families tell their stories following Nato airstrike in Afghanistan, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian

Sep 10: Afghanistan's Abdullah warns of instability after poll, Reuters

Sep 8: Deaths in Kabul airport blast, Al Jazeera

Sep 8: Afghanistan's future in peril, Ahmed Rashid, BBC News

Sep 7: NATO air strike a "major error" - Afghan president, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Sep 6: Europe 'big three' call for Afghanistan conference, Simon Sturdee, AFP, Relief Web

Sep 4: NATO Strike Magnifies Divide on Afghan War, Stephen Farrell & Richard A. Oppel Jr, The New York Times

Sep 3: Floods wreak havoc in eastern provinces of Laghman, Nangarhar, Irin