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

AFGHANISTAN: UN to track civilian casualties more closely 5-29

AFGHANISTAN: Opium abuse harming women's, children's health 5-29

Buying Afghan drug crop would hurt Taliban-general 5-23

85 killed in Afghan IED blasts in May--NATO 5-23

US Forces Surround Villages 5-22

Bomber kills 10, wounds dozens in Afghanistan 5-21

AFGHANISTAN: Higher pay rates for poppy workers in volatile south 5-21

Afghanistan Battle Kills 25 Insurgents 5-21

11 Afghan police killed, bomber wounds minister 5-18

Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway Condemns Afghanistan Apology 5-18

Poppy Fields Are Now a Front Line in Afghan War 5-17

Multiple blasts kill 11 Afghan police 5-17

Afghan refugees clash with Pakistani forces, 2 dead 5-16

Afghans protest border clash outside Pakistan embassy 5-16

AFGHANISTAN-IRAN: Zahraa, "I was told to leave my home for good within one hour" 5-15

Air strikes kill 60 Taliban in Afghanistan - police 5-15

Germany urges review after Afghan civilian deaths 5-14

Civilian causalities prompt Afghan Senate to urge Western and Afghan forces to halt the hunt for Taliban fighters and other militants. 5-13

Top Taliban Commander Killed In Afghanistan Again 5-13

U.S. military confirms Afghan civilian casualties 5-11

Stability cuts Afghan opium output in north-U.S. 5-10

Afghanis sent home from Iran are now internally displaced 5-10

US-led raid kills 40 civilians in Afghanistan-witnesses 5-10

AFGHANISTAN: Thousands of child labourers in eastern province deprived of education 5-10

Air raid kills 21 civilians in Afghanistan -governor 5-9

The U.S. military apologized on Tuesday for the killing of Afghan civilians, calling a March incident a "terrible mistake" and making payments to families 5-9

Afghan senate calls for direct talks with Taliban 5-8

Disfiguring skin disease plagues Afghanistan 5-8

Afghanistan Government Moves To Crack Down On Independent Media 5-7

U.S. convoy, Afghan police hit by two suicide bombs 5-5

US forces in Afghanistan are supporting the drug trade, which brings between 120 and 194 billion dollars of revenues to organized crime, intelligence agencies and Western financial institutions. 5-4

More civilians killed in US-led raid -Afghan official 5-4

AFGHANISTAN: Some 1,600 displaced after US air raids 5-4

Afghan army bus bombed in Kabul, one dead 5-3

Irate Afghans protest again over civilian deaths 5-2

US loses support by killing Afghan civilians-Italy 5-2

Fresh anti-US protest over Afghan civilian deaths 5-1

May 2006

Photo Gallery: Chaos in Kabul 5-31

FOX"news": "Is Afghanistan being ungrateful towards America?" 5-31

Afghan lawmakers want Americans prosecuted 5-31

Full Blown Anti-American Riot” In Afghanistan. 5-30

50 killed in Afghanistan air strike 5-30

Karzai asks Iranian businessmen to invest in Afghanistan 5-30

Afghan officials and human rights activists say a U.S. airstrike that killed at least 16 civilians this month — possibly as many as 34 — undermines President Hamid Karzai and boosts support for the resurgent Taliban. 5-29

Millions of Afghans could go hungry as lack of funds forces UN food agency to cut aid 5-26

Afghanistan in Turmoil: 330+ Killed in One Week, U.S. Bombing Raids Continue, Taliban Seizing Control in Southern Region: 5-26

The battle spreads in Afghanistan: Thousands of Taliban have emerged in the provinces of Helmand, Ghazni, Urgzan, Kandahar, Kunar and Zabul, and in all of them the story is the same: where allied forces have taken on the Taliban, the ANA holds the "fort". 5-26

PM Harper says an air attack by coalition forces that killed a number of civilians in Afghanistan this week was an "unfortunate accident," 5-25

65 killed in Afghan fighting 5-25

Unprecedented Taliban violence sweeps across southern Afghanistan, four players in the region — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and NATO — are locked in a tense standoff rather than cooperating to defeat the terrorists 5-25

Vladimir Putin and the rise of the petro-ruble: Russia is planning a preemptive strike on the United States that is likely to trigger a market meltdown and economic disaster in America. 5-23

Hugo Chavez Says Stone Making Film On Botched 2002 Venezuelan Coup. 5-23

Mexico Bans Non-Natives From Thousands Of Jobs. 5-23

Villagers have insisted that dozens of civilians were killed in a coalition strike in Afghanistan, as rights groups voiced concern about mounting civilian casualties in days of fighting. 5-24

Unable to subdue insurgents in Afghanistan; the United States -- with perhaps a tenth of the number of forces that the Soviets had there -- doesn't have a chance. 5-24

Taleban Guerrillas Kill 3 Police Officers in Southern Afghanistan 5-24

American defence officials have secretly requested a "prodigious quantity" of ammunition from Russia to supply the Afghan army in case a Democrat president takes over in Washington and pulls out US troops. 5-23

Up to 80 Taliban Dead in U.S.-Led Strike: Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said he believed 60 militants were killed, as well as the civilians. 5-22

More fighting in Afghanistan, Kabul blames Pakistan 5-22

34 die as Afghanistan fighting intensifies 5-22

Taliban experiencing a resurgence in Afghanistan and Pakistan 5-22

As of May 20, 2006, at least 235 members of the US military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan 5-22

Afghan hunger strikers again refuse water : Thirty eight of the men are still inside St Patrick's Cathedral this evening. They are now refusing water as well as food. 5-22

Afghanistan, Iraq Near Top Of Infant Mortality Table 5-10

Female Afghan parliamentarian attacked 5-10

Southern Afghanistan is swarming with Taliban ahead of U.S. pullout : The Taliban appear to be moving their insurgency into a new phase, flooding the rural areas of southern Afghanistan with men and weapons. 5-9

The fall and fall of Afghanistan: Foreign contractors "make as much as US$1,000 a day, while the Afghans they employ make $5 per day," the report charged. 5-8

Taliban making a comeback in southern Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to leave. 5-3

2005

Afghan Women No Better Off After Taliban: Amnesty : – Women are raped, murdered and abused with impunity all over Afghanistan despite the overthrow of the Taliban that was supposed to have ushered in a new era of women rights, Amnesty International said on Monday 6-1

RAWA's View of Afghanistan Protests by RAWA; Afghan Women's Mission 5-31

Nato compound attacked in Kabul: An Afghan police officer outside the compound, said a rocket struck inside the heavily fortified base, which is near the US embassy and other diplomatic missions in central Kabul. 5-31

Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar accused Afghanistan's Western-backed president of selling the country to the United States and urged Afghans to resist, a Pakistan-based news agency said on Wednesday. 5-27

On the Brink of "Complete Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan 5-26

Bush ignores Karzai's request for more Afghan control over troops 5-24

Bush, Karzai sign pact for long term US military presence in Afghanistan: Among the key points of the agreement was allowing US military forces operating in Afghanistan to have continued access to the key Bagram Air Base as well as other military facilities as "may be mutually determined." 5-24

Karzai Demands Custody of All Afghan Prisoners 5-23

Secret UK troops plan for Afghan crisis 5-23

Afghan president demands action on US torture one day, gets blasted by US for opium growth the following day. 5-22

Afghan prisoners were 'tortured to death' by American guards It's Newsweek's fault -ed. 5-21

Ex-Taliban foreign minister says he will run in Afghan legislative elections 5-20

Millions of Afghans left homeless: The ebb and flow of humanity has often left refugees poor, homeless and unhealthy. 5-20

In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths 5-20

In Afghanistan, protests signal U.S. may be wearing out its welcome 5-19

Taliban increases attacks in Afghanistan 5-19

Meeting an Afghan drugs smuggler 5-18

stage two of damage control: It never really happened: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Afghan rioting unrelated to Newsweek story. 5-17

British C-130 that was shot down then wasn't shot down was shot down 5-17

KABUL: An Islamic group, reportedly linked to Afghanistan’s Taliban regime, declared Jihad on Sunday against US-led troops and the Afghan government over the desecration of the Holy Qur’aan by US troops. 5-16

Sunday: Muslim leaders in an Afghan province hit by deadly violence over allegations that Islam's holy book was desecrated at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay urged American authorities to investigate and respond within three days, officials said. 5-16

“Both the U.S. and concerned Pakistani authorities are positive that in the coming days we shall be around Osama bin Laden.” 5-16

US told to act as desecration reports inflame Afghan riots 5-14

Third Day of Anti-American Riots in Afghanistan 5-13

Afghan Taliban claimed on Wednesday they killed seven coalition forces' troops in a clash in the southern Paktika province, local newspaper Outlook reported Thursday. 5-13

Taliban Leader Mullah Omar rejects amnesty offer. Pledges to fight on 5-12

At least four people have been killed and many injured after police opened fire to break up an anti-US protest in eastern Afghanistan 5-11

Women and children among 8 civilians killed in US air strikes in E. Afghanistan 5-11

Afghanistan: Karzai Confirms Amnesty Offer Is For All Willing Afghans 5-11

The head of Afghanistan's peace and reconciliation commission held out an amnesty today for all rebels fighting American and government forces, including the most wanted men, the Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, 5-11

US spy ordered to bring home bin Laden's head on dry ice 5-10

Taliban official turned U.S. spy faces prosecution: Zadran, 53, had avoided prison in a federal smuggling case by turning FBI informant. For three years, he offered intelligence on the Taliban's hierarchy and terrorist operations in Afghanistan even as he served as the regime's U.S. representative. 5-10

What the News Media Don't Tell You About Afghanistan 5-9

Afghans Decry Violence Against Women: After recent slayings, female protesters in Kabul call on Karzai's government to protect their safety and their constitutional rights. 5-7

Violence in Afghanistan leaves nine soldiers, 40 militants dead: Militants killed nine Afghan soldiers in an ambush while the Taliban death toll from a battle with US and Afghan troops rose to at least 40 in a wave of violence sweeping southern Afghanistan, officials said. 5-6

Taliban profit from US largesse 5-5

America Releases 86 Former Afghan Terror Suspects After giving the men 10,000 Afghanis (US$234) and a new turban, Afghanistan's Chief Justice warned the men not to 'work with the government and the coalition.' 5-4

Quandary of Afghan opium industry: According to one development expert who did not want to be named: "The US is starting another Colombia-style war on drugs here." 5-4

Anti-U.S. protests erupt in Afghanistan 5-2

FEATURE-High rents may close Kabul "nest" for street kids 5-2

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