15.05.2008 - Source:BBC News

"Afghan police hit by bomb attack"

Farah Province: At least 5 policeman and 2 civilians killed in female suicide attack [ID 96733]

14.05.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Appeal hearing delay for journalist under sentence of death"

Appeal hearing for journalist under sentence of death delayed [ID 96767]

13.05.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Releads with Afghan governor claims 150 rebels killed, adds blast wounds 17 children in northern region" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)

Helmand province: More than 150 suspected Taliban militants reportedly killed by the combined forces [ID 96595]

13.05.2008 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Mullahs versus Bollywood"

TV stations hold out against a ban on Indian soap operas; analysts warn freedom of speech is at stake [ID 96660]

13.05.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Afghans swap poppies for wheat as food costs soar"

The high prices of commodities have encouraged farmers to switch from poppy cultivation to wheat; the price of a tonne of wheat in Afghanistan has almost trebled this year, causing acute food shortages [ID 96662]

13.05.2008 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"School Attendance Plummets in Helmand"

Decline in school attendance rates consequence of intimidation by Taliban; many schools set afire; inhabitants believe lack of education might generate more recruits for Taliban [ID 96768]

12.05.2008 - Source:Center for Strategic and International Studies 

"The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report"

Presentation on the conflict in Afghanistan (security; major trends and developments; comparison to Iraq; including several maps and diagrams) [ID 96507]

12.05.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Afghan security chiefs suspended after Karzai attack"

Afghan security officials and the chief of police in Kabul have been suspended from their posts after an assassination attempt on Karzai on 27 April 2008 [ID 96659]

12.05.2008 - Source:EurasiaNet

"A critical battle in the country’s culture war looms"

Article on the clash between advocates of civil society and radical conservatives; controversy about "un-Islamic" TV series [ID 96668]

10.05.2008 - Source:BBC News

"US raid sparks Afghan unrest"

Nangarhar Province: Police open fire at protest in Eastern Afghanistan over death of  3 people in US raid on house; 2 killed [ID 96521]

10.05.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Rising prices heap pressure on Afghanistan's destitute" , Author: Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Unemployment in country is 40 percent and half the population is under the poverty line; millions of people are struggling to survive as prices are rising [ID 96593]

09.05.2008 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Helmand Gripped by Opium Harvest"

Helmand Province: School children, teachers, police and migrant workers arrive at poppy fields to help gather opium paste [ID 96462]

09.05.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

"One Of The World's Most Difficult Places To Become A Mother"

According to NGO Save the Children, one out of every eight women in country dies during pregnancy or while giving birth [ID 96585]

09.05.2008 - Source:Asia Times

"Afghan army far from fighting fit"

Article on Afghan National Army (ANA) (successes, problems, dependence on external support; most units are not ethnically mixed; Tajiks overrepresented; possible ethnic tensions) [ID 96658]

07.05.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

"Two Iranian Men Detained On Suspicions Of Spying"

Two Iranian men detained on suspicion of spying near NATO and Afghan military installations [ID 96579]

06.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Can condoms fulfil multiple expectations?"

Millions of condoms distributed in 2008 to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, reduce maternal mortality and improve family planning; according to officials, exact number of people living with HIV/AIDS unknown; estimated number at least 3,000 [ID 96397]

05.05.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

"Afghanistan: Government Workers Arrested In Plot To Kill Karzai"

Kabul: Authorities have arrested two government workers for alleged involvement in last week's failed plot to kill President Hamid Karzai [ID 96297]

03.05.2008 - Source:Guardian

"British soldier killed in Afghanistan" , Author: Associated press

A British soldier has been killed and three others have been injured, the Ministry of Defence has said [ID 96292]

02.05.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Eight Afghan civilians killed by double mine blasts" , Author: Reuters Foundation

Kandahar: 8 civilians, 3 of them children, were killed in two landmine explosions near the border with Pakistan, a police official said [ID 96312]

01.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Thousands flee as US military operation gets under way"

Helmand Province: Thousands of people forced to flee from US military operation [ID 96134]

30.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"Kabul siege ends after gun-battle"

Kabul: Siege in central Kabul ends after hours of gunfire between Afghan security forces and an armed group; between 4 and 6 people killed [ID 96031]

30.04.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Feature - Death in childbirth: A health scourge for Afghanistan" , Author: Reuters Foundation

About 1,600 Afghan women die in childbirth out of every 100,000 live births; in some of the most remote areas the death rate is as high as 6,500 [ID 96311]

30.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"'Health link' to uranium"

Doctors say rates of health problems affecting children have doubled in last 2 years; scientists say increase may be linked to use of uranium weapons by US troops in 2001 [ID 96084]

30.04.2008 - Source:International Herald Tribune

"Abused Afghan women often end up in jail"

Many victims of domestic violence sent back to families; rape victims often forced to marry rapists or jailed for adultery; case of a kidnapped and raped woman sentenced to 4 years imprison for adultery and "escaping her house" [ID 96220]

30.04.2008 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Terrorism 2007"

Country Reports on Terrorism (including detailed list of terrorist organisations) [ID 96408]