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[ 30 October 2003 ]
THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY
SPECIAL FEATURES
NEWS
NATO Calls Afghanistan 'The Challenge.'
Germans Study Deployment To Konduz Province...
...While Greece Rejects NATO Request For Further Help In Afghanistan.
ISAF Commander Says Heavy Weapons Must Be Removed From Kabul.
UNHCR Official Says Afghanistan Needs More Money, Troops.
Afghanistan Accuses UN Of Exaggerating Security Risks.
Large-Scale Military Operation Against Neo-Taliban Under Way.
Two CIA Operatives Killed In Eastern Afghan Province...
...While 20 Suspected Al-Qaeda Members Are Killed In Same Province.
Afghan Administration Again Denies Releasing, Holding Talks With Former Taliban Minister.
Taliban Spokesman Denies Talks With Afghan Administration.
Pakistan Reportedly Building Fences To Stop Infiltrations Into Afghanistan.
Afghan Interior Minister Reshuffles Balkh Province Administration.
Publication Of Draft Afghan Constitution Delayed...
...As HRW Warns Of Threats To Afghanistan's Constitutional Process...
...And Urges Karzai To Enshrine Rights Protections In Draft Constitution.
Afghanistan Leader In Global Opium Production.
Afghan Warlord To Be Tried In United Kingdom...
...While Afghan Court Wants Him Extradited.
Miss Afghanistan: From Burqa To Bikini
[ 23 October 2003 ]
SPECIAL FEATURES
NEWS
Top NATO Commander In Afghanistan Calls For Demilitarization Of Kabul.
Commander Says Provincial Instability Could Spread To Kabul.
Aid Group Welcomes Expansion Of ISAF, Questions Reconstruction System.
Northern Province Reportedly Disappointed With Reconstruction Team.
Belgium Might Contribute Troops To Konduz Reconstruction Team...
...And Finland Expects To Send Additional Forces To Afghanistan.
UN Launches Long-Delayed Disarmament Program.
Jamiat-e Islami Commander Vows To Defend 'Our People.'
Police Reportedly Bringing Stability To North.
Six Killed, Eight Injured In Roadside Blasts.
Neo-Taliban Commander Reportedly Captured.
Government Confirms Release Of Former Taliban Foreign Minister...
...Reversing Previous Denials...
...But Doubts Remain Over Release Of Former Taliban Foreign Minister...
...Who Has Reportedly Offered To Cooperate With Afghan Administration...
...Leading To Further Denials By The Afghan Administration.
Pakistan Again Accuses India Of Operating 'Terrorist Camps' Inside Afghanistan...
...Which Is Rejected By Afghan Foreign Ministry.
Seminar In Peshawar Denounces 'Durand Line.'
Afghans Face Communist-Era Atrocities.
Kidnapped Afghan Children To Return Home From Saudi Arabia...
...Arrive To An Orphanage In Kabul.
New Afghan Political Party Formed.
Afghan Film 'Osama' Wins Canadian Award.
The Snow Leopards And Sacred Cave Of Ajar Canyon.
CLARIFICATION:
THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY:
[ 16 October 2003 ]
THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY
SPECIAL FEATURES
NEWS
Scores Killed In Fighting In Northern Afghanistan...
...Described As Worst In Months...
...Which End Through Cease-Fire Agreement.
Warlord Combat Puts PRT, Disarmament Efforts In Question.
Ministers Discusses 'Broad Plan' With Northern Warlords.
UN Security Council Votes To Extend ISAF Beyond Kabul...
...A Move Welcomed By Afghan Officials...
...And Which Could Include Troops From Fiji But Not France.
Afghan Leader Denies That Former Taliban Foreign Minister Has Been Released...
...While Other Afghan Officials Insist He Is Free.
Taliban Veterans Escape From Prison...
...And Neo-Taliban Commander Claims Bribe Was Involved.
U.S. Military Spokesman Gives Taliban Three Options.
Neo-Taliban Kill Eight Police Officers, Occupy District Office.
Neo-Taliban Suspected In Deaths Of Four Soldiers In Central Afghanistan...
...Prompting Response From Afghan And Coalition Forces.
In Central Provinces, Residents Fear Hunger First, Taliban Second.
Kabul Paper Remembers Destructive Civil Wars.
Enforcement Of Law On Political Parties Will Test Karzai.
Afghan Forces Reportedly Shell Pakistani Border Checkpoint.
[ 9 October 2003 ]
THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY
SPECIAL FEATURE
On The Road To Women's Rights, One Step At A Time
NEWS
Afghan Leader Will Seek Reelection...
...But Hints That Election Might Be Postponed...
...As Former Mujahedin Political Coalition To Challenge Karzai In Next Afghan Election...
...But Will Stay Loyal To The Afghan Leader Until The Election.
Source Close To Jamia't-E Islami Says Political Ties With Karzai Have Been Severed.
Former Afghan President Reportedly Declares His Candidacy...
...Though Northern Alliance Leader Denies That Rabbani Was Chosen As A Presidential Candidate...
...And Says There Are No Plans To Postpone Elections.
Afghan Leader Angry Over Formation Of Mujahedin Political Coalition...
...As Jami'at-e Islami Spokesman Says Karzai Seeks To Weaken The Northern Alliance.
New Political Movement Favors Democratic Values In Constitution...
...While Intellectuals Remain Skeptical About Practicability.
Balance Between Islamic, Secular Law Seen As Key To Constitution...
Pashtun Tribes Want Representation In Loya Jirga.
Afghan Chairman Says No Plans To Eliminate Taliban.
Afghan Administration Reportedly Opens Negotiations With Taliban.
Former Taliban Foreign Minister Reportedly Released From U.S. Custody...
...Prompting Denial From Afghan Foreign Ministry.
Neo-Taliban Reportedly In Control Of Eastern District.
Canadian Peacekeepers Killed In Kabul...
...Though It Will Not Change Canada's Mission.
ISAF'S Mandate Could Be Extended Beyond Kabul...
...Expanding The Role Of NATO In Afghanistan.
Afghanistan To Downsize Number Of Ministries...
...While Dismissed Officers Are Promised Jobs In Other Ministries.
Afghanistan To Compete In 2004 Athens Summer Games.
Putin Says Soviet Occupation Of Afghanistan Was For The Best.
[ 2 October 2003 ]
THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY
SPECIAL FEATURES: Afghanistan Donors Meeting: Reason For Hope Or Despair? By J.M. Ledgard
NEWS
Fighting Between Northern Warlords Claims Five Lives...
...Prompting Kabul To Appoint Cease-Fire Commission For Conflict In North As The Death Toll Rises.
Aid Worker Killed In Helmand Province...
...For Which Neo-Taliban Claims Responsibility.
Helmand Province Governor's Bodyguards Killed.
U.S. Soldier Killed In Southeastern Province.
Robbery Of Kandahar Weekly Part Of Rising Trend Of Crime.
Girls' Schools Torched.
U.S. Military Convoy Attacked In Paktiya Province.
Publisher/Ministry Official Reportedly Target Of Death Threats.
UN Says Violence Signals Need To Expand ISAF...
...As New ICG Report Focuses On Disarmament And Reintegration...
...While Another ICG Report Highlights Local Conflicts...
...And Urges International Actors Not To Fan The Flames.
Afghanistan, Iran, And Pakistan To Establish Three-Way Committees...
...While Security Council Members And Central Asian States Urge Intensified Support For Afghan Reconstruction.
Afghanistan Plans To Boost Troop Numbers Near Pakistani Border...
...Which It Delays For Security Reasons.
Pakistan Accuses India Of Training Terrorists In Afghanistan.
Herat Paper Decries Child Abuse In Afghanistan...
...As Authorities Rescue Abducted Boys.
European Commission To Provide Salaries For Afghan Police.
Afghan National Beheaded In Saudi Arabia.
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