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Afghanistan watch	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan	INDEX ON AFGHANISTAN Compiled by Sarah Meyer
February 2008

Abducted American female aid worker in Afghanistan killed 2-28

Karzai controls only 30 percent of Afghanistan. 2-28

Intelligence chief: Taliban making gains in Afghanistan 2-28

Afghans say 25 Taliban killed in clash 2-28

The Taliban have Kabul in their sights 2-27

FACTBOX-Foreign hostages in Afghanistan 2-27

Poverty pushing youth into arms of Taliban? 2-27

Afghan minister survives rocket attack, ambush 2-27

In Afghanistan, where girls as young as six years old are being married into lives of slavery and rape, life is so bad for women, some have taken to burning themselves to death. 2-26

An Afghan reporter sentenced to death after downloading an article from the internet on women's rights has said his trial lasted just four minutes. 2-26

France to send troops to Afghan combat zone 2-26

If Afghanistan fails, Pakistan could follow-Biden 2-26

CANADA will withdraw its occupation force 2500 troops from volatile southern Afghanistan in 2011. 2-23

The European Union expects to have fully deployed a police training mission to Afghanistan by April 2-21

AFGHANISTAN: Bread price hike affects millions 2-21

Civil war fear as Afghans ponder arrest of warlord 2-21

Taliban defeat will take years: US general. Not to mention numerous more lucrative defense contracts 2-20

Taliban defeat will take years: US general 2-20

Afghan Violence Rising: Car Bomber Kills 35 Today…100 Killed Sunday 2-18

Taliban kill three policemen in Afghanistan 2-15

AFGHANISTAN: Pneumonia spreads as winter deaths top 800 2-14

The real cost of defeat in Forgettistan 2-14

Defeat a "real possibility" in Afghanistan -Ashdown 2-13

German army union against extending Afghan mission 2-13

AFGHANISTAN: Donors pledge US$31 million in food aid 2-13

Pakistani security forces critically wounded a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. 2-12

Taliban only fighting to expel foreigners - Omar 2-12

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said on Monday the hardline Islamist movement was not a threat to the world and was only fighting to eject foreign troops. 2-11

NATO's Afghan mission at risk - Britain, U.S. 2-11

Afghan governor survives roadside bomb attack 2-11

Afghan Deputy Governor Among 6 Killed In Suicide bombing 2-8

Al-Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan has vowed revenge for the killing of one of its top commanders in neighbouring Pakistan last week 2-8

NATO says the failure of the mission in Afghanistan could result in terror attacks in Western countries. 2-7

Gates: Taliban ‘no longer occupy’ territory in Afghanistan. 2-7

Newly open Turkmenistan sends aid to Afghanistan 2-7

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Kabul on Thursday for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan. 2-7

Breakdown of troop numbers in Afghanistan 2-7

U.N.: Rapid opium growth in south Afghanistan. Cultivation provides ‘enormous funding’ for insurgency, new survey says 2-6

AFGHANISTAN: Stop sale of children, rights watchdog says 2-5

Ahead of NATO meeting: New US reports warn of failure in Afghanistan 2-5

Norway urges stronger U.N. role in Afghanistan 2-5

Afghanistan calls for more help to stamp out opium 2-5

11 Killed As Taliban Clash With Police in Southern Afghanistan 2-5

Kabul furious at British plan to retrain Taliban 2-5

NATO allies baffled at U.S. pressure to place more forces in Afghanistan. If the U.S. wants to win why don't they... Ohhhhhhh... Iraq? Gotcha 2-2

Gates Spins Increased Violence In Afghanistan As A ‘Manifestation’ That The Taliban ‘Has Lost’. Last throes, anyone? 2-2

A journalism student sentenced to death for "blasphemy" should immediately be released and his conviction and sentence set aside, Human Rights Watch said today. 2-2

Why the Afghan Taleban feel confident 2-2

US kills Al Qaeda's #3 man, claims he was just days away from promotion to #2 2-1

Canada ready to quit Afghanistan, PM tells Bush 2-1

US Defense Secretary Gates has sent an “unusually stern” letter to his German counterpart requesting additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan 2-1

Senior Afghanistan Qaeda leader Libi killed 2-1

Five facts about al Qaeda's Abu Laith al-Libi 2-1

FACTBOX-Major al Qaeda leaders killed or captured 2-1

State Dept. Official On Afghanistan: ‘Nobody Can Tell Me It’s Not Going In A Positive Direction’ 2-1

February 2007

CIA presents Musharraf with Al Qaeda proof 2-28

Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast; 23 Killed 2-27

Britain is expected to announce the deployment of more than 1000 extra troops to Afghanistan 2-23

AFGHANISTAN: War crimes immunity bill passes second hurdle 2-23

Canada's Liberals vow 2009 Afghan troop pull-out 2-23

Afghan parliament seeks war-crime amnesty 2-21 War-weary Afghans fear new offensive 2-28

Italy, Spain Won't Send More Troops to Afghanistan 2-21

Militants briefly take town in Afghanistan 2-21

Taliban resurfacing with intact and robust leadership in Afghanistan 2-19

Bush calls on NATO to increase troops in Afghanistan 2-19

Bush: NATO obliged to send 'additional help' to Afghanistan. Translation: We got our pipeline, you clean up the mess 2-16

The Taliban have deployed 10,000 fighters for a spring offensive of "bloody attacks" against foreign troops 2-16

Maternal mortality in northeastern Afghanistan among worst in world 2-16

US Afghanistan Chief: "Intelligence Has Gone Cold On Bin Laden" 2-13

Canadian Senate: NATO's military mission to Afghanistan is in trouble and has little chance of success 2-13

The psychological fallout from conflict in Afghanistan over the past three decades continues to be neglected, specialists say. The government estimates that up to 85 percent of the population may be suffering from varying degrees of trauma. 2-13

Gates to urge more help from allies in Afghanistan 2-7

AFGHANISTAN: Civil society fights immunity for warlords 2-6

Afghanistan being 'systematically looted', warns museum organization 2-4

Taleban forces in southern Afghanistan have taken control of a town which British troops had pulled out of after a peace deal with local elders. 2-3

February 2006

At least seven dead after inmates seize Kabul jail: HUNDREDS of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants were among 2000 prisoners who have seized control of three blocks of this notorious prison. 2-28

Rioting Inmates Seize Afghan Prison 2-27

Afghan attacks linked to Taliban from Pakistan 2-16

Taleban say attacks will increase, US “helpless” 2-15

Two women killed by U.S. rocket: TWO women were killed and four children injured by a suspected US coalition rocket fired from Afghanistan landed on their tents in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said today. 2-13

Four years after the United States led the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a new Taliban movement has taken control in a swath of neighboring Pakistan. 2-13

Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan : Patience of many Afghans with the U.S. presence is wearing thin. We heard repeated accounts of aggressive tactics during raids on homes or shops, particularly by U.S. troops in the southern and eastern provinces, and of torture and ill-treatment in U.S. custody. 2-9

Four killed as Afghan crowd attacks Norwegian base 2-8

Suicide blast kills 13 in southern Afghanistan 2-8

2 Killed As Afghans Storm US Air Base 2-8

Afghanistan have been attacked by hundreds of demonstrators armed with guns and hand grenades. 2-8

Afghan governor killed: A district governor and two policemen were killed by Taliban rebels fleeing a battle that left 25 dead in Afghanistan, while a bomb killed two civilians on Saturday, an official said. 2-6

SEVEN policemen have been killed in new attacks in southern Afghanistan as security forces search for suspected Taliban insurgents after fierce battles killed more than 40 people 2-6

Afghanistan fighting spreads to Pakistan: At least 19 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan on Saturday. 2-6

'The new Afghanistan is a myth: Thousands of jobless Afghan refugees who returned home to start a new life are queueing up to leave again 2-6

Taliban militants attack US company staff in Afghanistan 1-23

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