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

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan calls for foreign recruits 3-6

The ugly truth in Afghanistan: Most aid organizations quietly withdrew their international staff from Kandahar in recent weeks, the latest sign that the situation here is getting worse. 3-6

AFGHANISTAN: Poor sanitation, bad toilets cause deaths, misery 3-6

The government of President Hamid Karzai controls less than a third of Afghanistan and the insurgency against it has not been contained, the head of US intelligence said on Wednesday. 3-6

Afghanistan now has 200,000 hectares growing opium poppies, supplying 93% of world's opium supply. 3-5

Iran says it will deport over one million Afghans 3-4

Suicide car bomb kills Afghan policeman, wounds 4

Taliban attack NATO-Afghan base, casualties 3-3

Gunmen destroy mobile phone tower in Afghan south 3-3

Afghanistan says U.S. control estimates baseless 3-3

March 2007

Afghan refugees: Thank you for your hospitality. Pakistani Government: Leave 3-30

Suicide Attack Kills Four Policemen In Afghanistan 3-30

NATO says offensive against Taliban succeeding 3-26

NATO says offensive against Taliban succeeding 3-26

A Pentagon watchdog on Monday found fault with four generals and five other officers for mistakes following the death of U.S. Army Ranger and former professional football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan. 3-27

Under a bizarre policy that echoes the days of segregation in the United States, Afghans who work at the NATO base at Kandahar Airfield must use separate toilets marked "local nationals only." 3-27

Just another day in the Afghan war on drugs: Poppy production increased by 25% last year 3-23

Italy Releases Taliban For Hostages 3-22

Schools in Afghanistan will open their doors to more than six million pupils at the start of the new academic year on 24 March - almost double the number of the past five years. 3-22

1 killed as US Embassy convoy attacked in Afghanistan 3-21

Italian hospital's head arrested in Afghanistan 3-20

Afghanistan Bombings More Than Tripled Last Year 3-20

Self-immolation by Afghan women rising 3-16

Kidnapped Italian's Afghan driver killed 3-16

"Afghan govt more corrupt than Taliban" 3-20

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban blocks polio vaccination 3-16

Huge blast in ammunition shop in heart of Afghan capital kills 6. 3-15

Pak, Afghanistan vow to eliminate terrorism, respect territorial integrity 3-15

Video shows Italian journalist abducted in Afghanistan 3-15

Taliban, NATO troops battle in south Afghanistan 3-8

Italy demands Taliban prove kidnapped reporter alive 3-8

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned U.S. troops for shooting dead 10 civilians at the weekend as officials said nine more -- five women, four children and an old man -- had been killed in an air strike. 3-6

Afghan, NATO troops launch major Afghan offensive 3-6

Taleban kidnap British Journalist in Afghanistan 3-6

Reporters Claim US Troops Deleted AP Images After Alleged Killings: Afghan journalists covering the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack and shooting in eastern Afghanistan Sunday said U.S. troops deleted their photos and video and warned them not to publish or air any images of U.S. troops or a car where three Afghans were shot to death. 3-5

AFGHANISTAN: Fighting a losing battle against opium production 3-5

Karzai slams Afghan deaths after raid on U.S. force 3-5

WFP lauds German move to boost aid for Afghanistan where more food aid is needed 3-2

Record Afghan Opium Output Undermines Fight Against Taliban 3-2

2003: Iraq could become the next Afghanistan. 2007: Afghanistan could become the next Iraq 3-1

Afghan police hunt booze, smokes, chips in raids 3-1

March 2006

Afghans believe the US is in league with...the Taliban 3-31

Attack at Afghan Military Base Kills 14 3-29

Afghan Court Drops Execution Case against Christian Convert 3-27

Even as the Bush administration steps up pressure on Afghanistan over the plight of a Christian convert, thousands of youths are descending on Kabul to demand that he be hanged for renouncing Islam. 3-25

Afghan convert 'won't face death': AN Afghan man prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity will not face the death penalty, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today after speaking with Afghanistan's president. 3-24

20 Killed In Afghan Violence : Afghanistan has seen a surge in bomb and other attacks by Taliban insurgents and their militant allies in recent months. The Taliban have vowed to launch a spring offensive against foreign forces and the country's Western-backed government. 3-23

Please don't come home, UN begs Afghan refugees 3-22

Afghanistan Defunds Security for Uppity Woman MP 3-22

Four Afghan policemen killed in motorbike ambush 3-21

Freedom on the march in Afghanistan: Afghan man faces death penalty for converting to Christianity 3-20

Pakistan supplied American missiles to Taliban 3-18

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar vowed a ferocious offensive against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, saying on Thursday they would soon face unimaginable violence. 3-17

Two geological basins in northern Afghanistan hold 18 times the oil and triple the natural gas resources previously thought 3-15

Suspected Taleban insurgents have attacked a police post in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, leaving at least four policemen and five militants dead. 3-15

British general will lead U.S. mission in Afghanistan : First time U.S. troops have followed a foreign commander since WWII 3-15

4 killed as Ex-Afghan president survives suicide attack 3-13

US air strike leaves two dead in east Afghanistan : U.S. air craft's assault left two persons including a woman dead and two others including a child wounded, a local official confirmed. 3-10

Child Labor, Human Trafficking Cited In U.S. Report On Afghanistan : The annual human rights report issued today by the U.S. State Department says Afghanistan's human rights record remained poor during 2005 due to weak central government institutions and an intensified insurgency. 3-10

Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, appearing with Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, said attacks within Afghanistan were up 20 percent between 2004 and 2005, suicide bombings increased "almost fourfold" and makeshift bombs, similar to those used in Iraq, had "more than doubled." 3-3

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told Congress yesterday that the "insurgency" in Afghanistan is growing and will increase 3-2

Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan 3-1

2005

The United States is spending $83 million to upgrade its two main air bases in Afghanistan, the latest indication that American forces will remain in the country for years. 3-29

Afghanistan -- a narcotics paradise 3-23

Waves of crime spur nostalgia for Taliban in Afghanistan 3-18

US Considering Permanent Bases in Afghanistan, General Says 3-17

"Liberated" Afghani women are increasingly setting themselves on fire 3-16

The world community has lost interest in Afghanistan now that it is a "free & democratic" nation: The winter weather death toll in Afghanistan has exposed the country's acute lack of infrastructure 3-14

Afghanistan's poppy production "threat to world stability." 3-5

AFGHAN "MEDIA BLOOM" Newsweek documents the building of an independent media in Afghanistan, in a multimedia package. 3-4

Afghanistan names first female governor 3-3

One of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords is to serve as chief of staff to President Hamid Karzai with responsibility for the country's armed forces. 3-3

AFGHANISTAN ’NARCO-STATE’: UN 3-3

Emergency relief still hasn't reached many areas of rural Afghanistan suffering from avalanches and intense snow storms, IRIN ... 3-1

Permanent US Bases in Afghanistan 3-1

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