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February 01, 2006
Afghanistan Set To Launch New Drug War Strategy

1 February 2006 -- Afghanistan's Counternarcotics Ministry today said that a new antidrug strategy is to be implemented in the country.

February 01, 2006
Straw Calls Commitments To Afghanistan 'Stronger Than Ever'

U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (file photo) (AFP) 1 February 2006 (RFE/RL) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today's agenda for the London Conference on Afghanistan showed that the international community would not abandon its help for the country.
February 01, 2006
Afghan Forces Arrest Four Suspected Foreign Insurgents

(RFE/RL) 1 February 2006 -- Afghan anti-terrorism police have arrested an Iraqi and three Pakistanis as they tried to slip into Afghanistan from Iran.
February 01, 2006
World: Gays Struggle For Acceptance

Russian gay activists Eduard Murzin (left) and Eduard Mishin (AFP) With the whole world talking about the Hollywood movie "Brokeback Mountain," an acclaimed film focusing attention on gay issues, gay activists in RFE/RL's broadcast region are hoping for a climate of greater acceptance.
February 01, 2006
Bush Says U.S. Will Not Retreat From The World

WASHINGTON, 1 February 2006 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. President George W. Bush has said he will not back down from his aggressive foreign policy, which has contributed greatly to his recent low approval ratings among the American public.
February 01, 2006
Afghanistan Receives New Aid Pledges Of Nearly $2 Billion

1 February 2006 -- Afghanistan has received promises of further economic and military support from the international community, including new aid pledges of nearly $2 billion.
January 31, 2006
Experts Urge Poppy Licensing Over Eradication Policy

A gathering of experts has concluded that the international community must rethink its strategy for Afghanistan and resolve the opium crisis if development is to be increased and security improved.
January 31, 2006
Afghanistan's 'New Chapter'

Speaking on the opening day of the London Conference, international officials committed themselves to Afghanistan's long-term health while Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed increased efforts to "serve the Afghan people."
January 31, 2006
London Conference Expected To Back 5-Year Afghan Plan

31 January 2006 -- An international conference on rebuilding and reform in Afghanistan is due to get under way shortly in London.
January 30, 2006
Russia To Forgive Afghanistan's Soviet-Era Debt

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (file photo) (CTK) 30 January 2006 -- Russia’s deputy finance minister said today Russia is ready to forgive Afghanistan's Soviet-era debt, estimated at $10 billion.
January 30, 2006
Analyst Details Importance Of London Gathering

RFE/RL Afghan Service correspondent Sultan Sarwar interviewed author and Afghanistan expert Barnett Rubin -- the director of studies at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University -- on 23 January. Rubin was in Kabul to research Afghan government policy and will attend the 31 January-1 February London Conference as an observer. The conference aims to set the framework for international engagement in Afghanistan over the next five years. The so-called "Afghanistan Compact" that is to be discussed at the London Conference is a plan that will guide international efforts in Afghanistan now that the "Bonn Process" -- outlined in the Bonn accords of December 2001 -- has been completed.
January 30, 2006
Pakistanis Among Suspected Militants Captured In Kandahar

Afghan officials say they have arrested nine suspected terrorists in the southern province of Kandahar in recent days, including a "high-ranking Taliban commander with links to Al-Qaeda."

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Wednesday 1 February 2006

Afghanistan Set To Launch New Drug War Strategy

Straw Calls Commitments To Afghanistan 'Stronger Than Ever'

Afghan Forces Arrest Four Suspected Foreign Insurgents

World: Gays Struggle For Acceptance

Bush Says U.S. Will Not Retreat From The World

Afghanistan Receives New Aid Pledges Of Nearly $2 Billion

Experts Urge Poppy Licensing Over Eradication Policy

Afghanistan's 'New Chapter'

London Conference Expected To Back 5-Year Afghan Plan

Russia To Forgive Afghanistan's Soviet-Era Debt

Analyst Details Importance Of London Gathering

Pakistanis Among Suspected Militants Captured In Kandahar

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