February 12, 2002

More than 15 Taliban leaders in surrender talks
By Andrew Marshall

Tuesday February 12, 11:31 PM

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - More than 15 top Taliban leaders, most of them ex-cabinet members, are in contact with Afghan authorities in Kandahar over their possible surrender

Perilous Afghan trade routes getting safer, slowly
By Andrew Marshall

Tuesday February 12, 10:11 PM

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - The punishing, rugged roads linking Afghanistan's major cities are slowly getting safer, but robberies are reported almost daily and drivers are afraid, Kandahar transport

U.S. says confusion reigns in Afghanistan
By Anton Ferreira

Tuesday February 12, 9:03 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has admitted it is battling a fog of confusion in post-war Afghanistan but signalled it could soon move into the next phase of its anti-terror campaign

Line blurred between military and CIA roles in Afghanistan
By Tabassum Zakaria

Tuesday February 12, 8:30 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The line between CIA and military operations blurred during the U.S. war in Afghanistan, where the spy agency played an unusually visible role by firing missiles

Afghan official says US missile killed innocent villagers
Tuesday February 12, 5:18 AM AFP

Innocent civilians were killed in a US missile strike in eastern Afghanistan last week and not al-Qaeda terrorists, an official said as US troops prepared to DNA test the remains.

Camp X-Ray numbers top 250
Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 10:00 GMT BBC News

Some arrivals were put in "increased security postures"

Another 34 prisoners have been flown from Afghanistan to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.

War of words builds in east Afghan flashpoint
Tuesday February 12, 9:22 PM

KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan faction battling over the appointment of a new governor in troubled Paktia province fired a new salvo of defiance in the dispute on Tuesday

Russia Pledges to Rebuild Afghan Army, Economic Aid
Tue Feb 12, 7:01 AM ET

By Jon Boyle

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia pledged Tuesday to help Afghanistan create a new national army, but said it had no plans to send military advisers back to Kabul for the first time since the defeat

Afghan Embasy Opens With New Polish
Tue Feb 12, 5:37 AM ET

By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The daily tirades against the United States are just memories and the Taliban's colors are long gone from the flagpole. In their place, a smartly dressed diplomat who

"Nightmare" Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan closes
By Darren Whiteside

Tuesday February 12, 10:57 PM

JALLOZAI CAMP, Pakistan (Reuters) - Buses drove more than 1,000 Afghans out of a makeshift camp in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, ending what a U.N. official said had been a "humanitarian nightmare"

Kandahar curfew lifted
Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 19:08 GMT

The governor of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, Gul Agha, has said that for the first time in more than two decades the city's night-time curfew is to be lifted.

Afghans count cost of US bombing
Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 17:00 GMT

The US stands accused of bombing civilians

By Kate Clark BBC Afghanistan correspondent

An Afghan non-governmental organisation has begun the task of assessing how many civilians were killed, injured or lost property in the recent American bombing campaign in the country.

Taliban's Enemies Emerge From the Shadows
Members of an Underground Resistance Movement Helped Drive Rulers Out of Herat

By Doug Struck

Washington Post Foreign Service

Tuesday, February 12, 2002; Page A12

HERAT, Afghanistan -- For three days, the men had followed Jama Gul Palwani. He was easy to track: a fat man who had expensive cars, thanks to the payments he got from the Taliban

Iranians, Afghans Attempt Diplomacy
Tension Not Evident At Embassy Reception

By Pamela Constable

Washington Post Foreign Service

Tuesday, February 12, 2002; Page A13

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 11 -- The chatter was cordial, the platters of sweets and fruit plentiful and the occasion a remarkable exercise in diplomacy between a fragile host government

Film Stars Help Raise $88,000 for Afghan Kids
Tue Feb 12, 6:20 AM ET

By Adam Tanner

BERLIN (Reuters) - A charity gala hosted by French actress Catherine Deneuve raised more than 100,000 euros ($88,000) for Afghan children by auctioning clothes worn by Julia Roberts