February 13, 2002

US cargo plane crashes in Afghanistan; Taliban negotiate surrender
Thursday February 14, 1:34 AM AFP

A US Air Force cargo plane crashed in a remote region of Afghanistan, injuring eight crew members, as Afghan officials continued to negotiate the surrender of up to 15 senior figures from the routed Taliban.

U.S. military plane crashes in Afghanistan
Wednesday February 13, 9:50 PM

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A U.S. military aircraft carrying eight crew crashed in Afghanistan on Wednesday but none of the crew was killed and none suffered life-threatening injuries

U.S. rejects claims Afghan detainees were beaten
By Charles Aldinger

Wednesday February 13, 5:20 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon rejected on Tuesday allegations that U.S. troops had beaten Afghan detainees taken into custody and later released in a botched special forces raid

Afghan province says Iran gives shelter to al Qaeda
By Andrew Marshall

Wednesday February 13, 5:08 PM

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - Authorities in southern Afghanistan accused Iran on Wednesday of giving shelter to Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, saying there were reports of camps across

Kabul stadium preened for the "Game of Unity"
By Rosalind Russell

Wednesday February 13, 8:37 PM

KABUL (Reuters) - Ground staff at the Kabul stadium swept a dusty pitch and sniffer dogs checked for landmines on Wednesday in preparation for a sellout football match between international

Old Foes Now Friends in Arms
Aid: Russia agrees to sell military spare parts to Afghans and help with logistics, army-building.

By ROBYN DIXON

Los Angeles Times (Feb 13, 2002)

MOSCOW -- Afghanistan doesn't need any more weapons, the nation's defense minister, Mohammed Qassim Fahim, said at a news conference here Tuesday. But with nearly all its equipment Soviet

Afghan Officials Expect Surrender of Top Taliban
By MAURA REYNOLDS

Los Angeles Times (Feb 13, 2002)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- More than a dozen fugitive Taliban leaders--including the deposed regime's chief, Mullah Mohammed Omar--are preparing to come out of hiding and turn themselves

Fleeing U.S. Bombs, Villagers Found No Place to Hide
Missiles Killed 21 in Two Families, Survivors Say

By Molly Moore

Washington Post Foreign Service

Wednesday, February 13, 2002; Page A01

THORAI, Afghanistan, Feb. 12 -- On a dark dirt road in southern Afghanistan one night last October, 27 frightened villagers -- most of them young children -- sat huddled in a trailer

U.S. Goal Seems Clear, and the Team Complete
By DAVID E. SANGER

The New York Times

ASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — In the weeks following the defeat of the Taliban and the scattering of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Bush administration was consumed with internal debate about where

US hopes to tap surrendering Taliban troops
By Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe Correspondent and Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff, 2/13/2002

KABUL, Afghanistan - Following the surrender last week of the Taliban's former foreign minister, more than 15 top Taliban officials have begun negotiating with representatives of the new Afghan

Gunfire, Explosions Heard at U.S. Afghan Base
Wed Feb 13,11:47 AM ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Heavy gunfire and a number of explosions were heard at the U.S. military base in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Wednesday, a witness said.

Life in an Afghan jail
Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 13:22 GMT

The prisoners have nothing to do but wait

By BBC News Online's Marcus George in Afghanistan

The iron doors open to reveal bodies in blankets, packed like sardines on the cold concrete floor.