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Afghanistan watch	INDEX ON AFGHANISTAN Compiled by Sarah Meyer	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
April 2006

Scores of Taliban said killed by US-led Afghan force 4-30

Taliban capture Afghan district office, kill five 4-27

Afghan Officer Beheaded 4-23

Afghanistan embraces democracy, introduces legislation to censor the media 4-23

Afghans abused prisoners captured by Canada -paper 4-23

US Assistant Secretary of State, Daniel Fried said that NATO-led forces in Afghanistan have only until the end of 2008 to achieve success over the Taliban. 4-20

Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit has said the soldiers of the foreign military accused of crimes will not be prosecuted in Afghanistan. 4-20

About 24 Taliban killed in Afghan clash-U.S. 4-19

Four provinces in southern Afghanistan are now partially controlled by the Taleban 4-17

Afghan blast kills five in U.N. vehicle 4-17

Blast at Afghan school kills two students 4-17

40 Afghan civilians killed or wounded by US marines 4-16

Eric Margolis: Afghanistan Fight Will Only Get Tougher 4-16

Suicide bomber kills nine Afghan policemen 4-16

Once called paradise, now Kabul struggles to cope 4-16

Taliban kidnappings hold Afghan government hostage 4-10

Afghan paper urges execution of Taliban prisoners 4-9

Taliban beheads kidnapped Italian journalist's translator 4-9

Bomb kills six Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan 4-9

Karzai Says He's Met With Taliban to Pursue Peace. 4-7

Taliban claims kidnap of 2 French nationals 4-6

Suicide bomber near Afghan parliament kills 6 4-6

Taliban says it kidnapped two French aid workers 4-5

Iran Warns Russia Over Nuclear Fuel Deliveries 4-4

Taliban demands all Indians leave Afghanistan. 4-29

Nearly five years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan's security situation continues to be dragged down by endemic corruption, roving militias, and a growing nexus between narco-warlords and remnants of the Taliban, officials and analysts say. 4-29

A Pakistani Taliban leader vowed on Thursday to wage an unrelenting holy war against U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan from his stronghold in Pakistan's tribal lands. 4-28

Karzai Calls on Taliban to stop taking over the country 4-28

New Cabinet in Afghanistan Includes No Women 4-26

British Troops to Remain in Afghanistan for more than 3 Years 4-24

Taliban militants attacked a construction company working for coalition forces Sunday 4-24

Taliban 'strengthening' in Afghanistan 4-24

On Fox Rumsfeld Admits - Democracy Could Fail In Afghanistan, Too 4-21

On-going Afghan Women’s Oppression 4-21

More than 16 Afghan civilians have been reported killed or wounded this week by U.S. soldiers. 4-20

Infant Reportedly Among Afghans Injured By U.S. Military 4-20

The U.S. War in Afghanistan: As hundreds of millions of people in Central Asia and the Middle East watch their oil and natural gas being extracted and transported for the profit of Western companies, the prospects for a massive, violent backlash against the U.S. and its client regimes are likely to grow. 4-20

Hamid Karzai, Afghan president, yesterday demanded restraint from coalition forces after more than a dozen Afghan civilians and police were killed in two possible friendly fire incidents. 4-19

Taliban regroup in Afghanistan: Several thousand have entered country 4-19

Taliban has regained control of much of Afghanistan and Pakistan 4-19

U.S.-led troops in southeastern Afghanistan wounded a new born baby girl, her mother, a five-year-old boy and three other Afghans, when they opened fire on cars that had ignored instructions to stop, police and residents said on Tuesday. 4-19

Britain to double forces in Afghanistan 4-18

U.S. looking into killing of Afghans : Seven civilians were reported killed in one battle. In the other battle, civilians were reported killed or wounded, and four Afghan police officers were said by villagers to have been killed by U.S. fire. 4-18

U.S. Bombs kills at least 7 Afghan civilians 4-17

The Naivety of Fighting for Peace in Afghanistan 4-17

Afghan district governor killed in Taliban ambush 4-17

6 children killed in Afghanistan school bombing 4-12

Afghanistan's fine balance: narco-economy or narco-state? 4-12

US Drug Chief Sees Progress Against Drugs in Afghanistan 4-12

8 killed by Taliban, including 4 doctors : Attacks attributed to Taliban insurgents killed eight people in Afghanistan, officials said Monday. Four of the dead were doctors working in a remote province. 4-12

Afghan Rocket Blast Kills 6 Kids 4-11

US Military Secrets, Social Security Numbers For Sale At Afghan Bazaars. 4-10

Covering the 'Other' War: A Reporter in Afghanistan 4-5

AFGHANISTAN: Mines kill and maim up to 100 each month 4-5

Afghanistan firmly with Palestinians 4-5

Iran: Scenarios of an American strike 4-1

NATO is capable of taking over peacekeeping duties across all of Afghanistan as early as August if member nations want, the alliance’s top commander of operations said on Friday. 4-1

Taleban insurgents took control of three villages in southern Afghanistan after security forces retreated following a battle in which six militants were killed, an official said. 4-1

2005

A general and a police lieutenant-colonel have been assassinated and a US soldier has been killed in Iraq 4-29

Question of Permanent U.S. Bases Vexes Afghans: "People generally would not accept it. We even now have complaints and protests about the way the Americans or coalition are conducting their operations," said Wadir Safi, a law professor and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. 4-27

Afghan woman stoned to death for adultery 4-26

Militants are using bases in Pakistan to stage attacks in Afghanistan, an Afghan general said on Saturday 4-25

Taliban kill eight Afghan soldiers, one driver 4-20

Five Fuel Tankers Outside US Base In Afghanistan Bombed 4-18

Afghanistan to send troops to Iraq 4-18

Bin Laden Bought His Freedom and Yes Kerry Was Right 4-14 ...more

Zalmay Khalilzad, currently George W. Bush's special envoy and US ambassador to Afghanistan, will be transferred as ambassador to Iraq pending Senate confirmation. Just as Hamid Karzi was, a former consultant for Unocal. Khalilzad is also a founding member of the Project for a New American Century 4-11

Karzai ally beheaded 4-11 Bush says they hate freedom. My guess is they hate being ruled by Unocal -ed.

The vast majority of Taliban commanders retreated to Pakistan or adopted a low-profile private life in Afghan villages pending Mullah Omar finalizing a new guerrilla strategy similar to that adopted by the Iraqi resistance. The results of this are expected to manifest themselves within a few months. 4-11

Afghanistan likely to have permanent US military 4-7

The Bush Administration's Afghan Spring: Drugs, Bases, and Jails 4-7

Taliban Country: Afghanistan 3 1/2 Years After the U.S. Invasion 4-4

A new corps of DEA agents fresh from commando training will take on Afghan opium lords who are threatening to turn the new democracy into a narco-state. 4-4

Watched a great documentary last night. Life after War. Can't find it available online anywhere, but if you can find it, get it. It's about an NPR reporter who quit to work on rebuilding a village in Afghanistan. One of the telling points was Hamid Karzai's brother explaining how the U.S. has brought the antithesis of democracy due to the opium trade/warlordism having filled the vacuum left by the Taliban. 4-4

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