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Afghanistan watch	INDEX ON AFGHANISTAN Compiled by Sarah Meyer	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
August 2007

Mortar raid on U.S. base kills Afghan civilians-official 8-31

Korean hostages set to fly home after Afghan ordeal 8-31

Explosion shakes Afghan capital -witnesses 8-31

Wanted Taliban leader killed in raid 8-30

S.Korea expects remaining hostages free on Thurs 8-30

Afghanistan's new anti-corruption chief was busted once selling heroin in Vegas, but it was only because he was young and on his honeymoon, so that's OK then 8-28

Afghan Opium Trade Supplies 93 Percent Of World's Demand 8-28

Germany, Japan agree on need for Afghan support 8-29

Afghan Taliban release eight Korean hostages 8-29

Over 100 "insurgents" killed in Afghan battle -U.S. 8-29

310 Killed Over Month Of Fighting Near Afghan Border 8-24

Taliban militants wearing Afghan army uniforms attacked a NATO base Wednesday in the northeast, killing two Afghan soldiers and injuring 11 NATO troops, the international force said 8-22

Allies refuse to send more troops to occupied Afghanistan as death toll rises 8-21

Afghans capture kidnappers of German aid worker 8-20

AFGHANISTAN: Finland, NATO, U.S. and Depleted Uranium 8-15

Bush to Karzai: Please shut up about Iran helping fight terrorism. I want to bomb them. 8-13

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on fighting militants 8-12

Militants decapitate Afghan "spies" in Pakistan 8-12

Pakistan president arrives for end of Afghan jirga 8-12

FACTBOX-Foreign hostages in Afghanistan 8-10

Pakistan President Musharraf absent from meeting to stem Afghanistan's rising bloodshed 8-9

British commander in southern Afghanistan said in recent weeks that he had asked that American Special Forces leave his area of operations because the high level of civilian casualties they had caused 8-9

Pakistan President Musharraf absent from meeting to stem Afghanistan's rising bloodshed 8-9

British commander in southern Afghanistan said in recent weeks that he had asked that American Special Forces leave his area of operations because the high level of civilian casualties they had caused 8-9

NATO "unaware" of British plea on Afghan civilians 8-9

The United States plans on Thursday to unveil a strategy to fight Afghanistan's drug trade by giving provincial governors more money to eradicate poppy crops and pursue economic development 8-9

Afghan peace 'jirga' to start without Musharraf 8-9

Taliban Launch Frontal Attack on Base 8-8

Bush vows to win Afghan war and bring Al Qaeda honchos 'to justice' 8-8

Afghan president Karzai: "Iran has been a helper" Bush: "Shut your whore mouth." 8-7

Afghan President Karzai: "The Taliban are no threat to Afghan government." Bush: "That's better." 8-7

On the verge of collapse 8-6

Tribal elders in Pakistan's Waziristan region said they would not go to Kabul on Thursday for a grand assembly aimed at building confidence between Pakistan and Afghanistan 8-6

Afghan forces kill 21 Taliban insurgents 8-6

Another Record Poppy Crop in Afghanistan 8-4

August 2006

US officials grapple with worsening narcotics trade in Afghanistan 8-31

Foreign fighters join Taliban in Afghanistan, UK says 8-31

US-led troops kill 18 in Afghanistan 8-30

Intelligence official kidnapped in S Afghanistan 8-30

Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Afghanistan 8-29

Key facts about suicide bombings in Afghanistan 8-29

Troops use up ammo as war with Taliban claims 14th life: British forces suffered their 14th combat death in Afghanistan yesterday as commanders admitted that intense fighting against the Taliban meant they were using up missiles, rockets and spares at an alarming rate. 8-29

Military deaths in Afghanistan 8-28

Taliban militants assault 2 district centers in S. Afghanistan 8-28

Afghans vent anger at Canadians: Death of boy, 10, stirs support for bombers: Witness : Some want foreign troops to get out of the country 8-25

The body of a 10-year-old boy shot and killed by a Canadian soldier in southern Afghanistan was returned Wednesday to his grieving parents. 8-25

Soviet mine kills US soldier in Afghanistan 8-17

U.S. and Afghan forces raided compounds suspected of being al-Qaeda sanctuaries in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seizing weapons and explosives and arresting eight people, the U.S. military said. 8-17

RAF jets under fire in Afghanistan 8-16

Violence against women widespread and goes unreported in Afghanistan 8-15

Taliban guerrillas killed six Afghan policemen in an ambush on Tuesday 8-15

Roadside bomb kills 2 Afghans: The blast went off in Jalalabad while Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry - the top U.S. general in Afghanistan - visited a U.S. base in the city 8-11

Afghan Pres. Says He Won't Run Again: “The International Community Did Not Stand With Me”. 8-9

Brutal US attack on unarmed Afghans captured by photos 8-8

U.S. Forces Push Further Into Afghanistan 8-8

Danish Camp in Afghanistan Attacked 8-3

More Canadian troops arrive in Afghanistan 8-3

Afghan and UN officials said Tuesday more than 2.5 million people in the country are suffering from food insecurity caused by drought this year, and appealed for an aid of 76.4 million U.S. dollars. 7-26

The Afghan government and the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for over $76 million in aid to combat impending drought, warning that farmers could start growing opium poppies to avoid hunger. 7-26

Blast hits US-led forces vehicle in Afghan south 7-24

Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns general: Forces short of equipment and 'running out of time' 7-22

One coalition soldier was killed and 11 others injured during a fierce battle against Taliban militants in the southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan 7-19

August 2005

Opium harvest in Afghanistan down 2%. 8-30

Bloomberg looks on the bright side: Opium cultivation in Afghanistan down 21% 8-30

German Defence Minister Peter Struck called the security situation for German soldiers in Afghanistan "threatening" 8-30

U.S. Military 'Doing Everything' It Can To Seek Out Bin Laden. And by "doing everything they can, they mean overextending themselves in the wrong country. -ed.

India offers support to Afghanistan 8-27

Backed by B-52 bomber, A-10 attack aircrafts and helicopters, the coalition and Afghan forces gunned down 16 militants in areas of the southern Zabul and Uruzgan and Kandahar province 8-26

The Afghan government says it is dismayed [BBC report] with what it calls the unexpected leniency shown to American soldiers convicted of abusing Afghan detainees. 8-26

More Images Of Abu Ghraib 8-24

Afghan blast kills four US troops 8-21

US wanted Taliban to remain in power in Afghanistan 8-21

Mullah Omar Called Washington in 1998: U.S. Provided Aid to Soviet-Era Mujahadeen, Did Not Directly Fund Bin Laden, according to declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive. 8-20

War in Afghanistan has intensified 8-19

Envoy Predicts Rough Go in Afghanistan 8-19

Afghan society is on the verge of a civil war 8-18

17 soldiers killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash, cause still unknown 8-18

Bomb kills policeman, 16 wounded in Afghanistan 8-18

Cash Said to Drive Afghanistan's Militia 8-15

CIA bounty hunter claims he nearly captured Osama Bin Laden at Tora Bora in 2001 8-14

U.S. troops open Afghan offensive Military tries to retake valley 8-14

3 Afghan civilians killed, 6 wounded in US airstrike 8-12

At least 17 Afghan fighters and one US soldier were killed in a fierce clash in southern Afghanistan near the troubled Pakistan border, the US military said on Tuesday. 8-10

Canadian general predicts 20-year mission in Afghanistan 8-9

CIA Commander: We Let bin Laden Slip Away 8-8

Afghanistan's maternal and child mortality rates soar 8-7

Two US soldiers drown in Afghanistan 8-7

Former ambassador to Afghanistan is calling upon U.S. Officials to follow the example of British Officials and leak classified memos 8-4 and feel free to leak 'em right to the Project for the Old American Century!

Taleban say three beaheaded for “spying”: Taleban insurgents beheaded three Afghans on Tuesday after accusing them of spying for US forces, a Taleban spokesman said. 8-3

Huge weapons cache seized in Afghanistan 8-1

Taliban kills parliamentary candidate, 6 bodyguards in Afghanistan 7-31

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