Weekly "Afghanistan Report" - Archive     JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJunJulyAuqustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 200320042005200620072008     [ 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. homepage   Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2004 RFE/RL, Inc. 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