February 5, 2002

Karzai raises new Afghan flag
Tuesday February 5, 8:53 PM AFP

Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai raised Afghanistan's new flag over the presidential palace and called on his countrymen to "take each other's hands" to rebuild the nation.

Live and let live for Afghan warlords and drug barons
By John Fullerton

Tuesday February 5, 10:12 PM

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim government has adopted a live and let live policy towards old Taliban foes, the movement's warlord allies and drug barons who bankrolled

Warring Afghan clans to swap prisoners
Tuesday February 5, 3:33 PM

GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two Afghan tribes battling over a southeastern town are due to exchange prisoners on Tuesday but their dispute appeared no closer to resolution and one side

Iran, US escalate war of words over helping al-Qaeda, Taliban
Tuesday February 5, 1:56 PM AFP

Amid an escalating war of words with Washington, Iran angrily denied US accusations it was sheltering Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters fleeing Afghanistan as the interim Afghan government struggled

Russia vows to help rebuild Afghanistan
By David Fox

Tuesday February 5, 3:35 AM

KABUL (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov promised on Monday that Moscow would help rebuild Afghanistan, saying in return he had won a promise from the interim

Moscow Stakes Claim to Afghan Role With High-Level Visit
By JOHN F. BURNS

The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 4 — Russia signaled its claims to influence in the new, post-Taliban Afghanistan today with a quick visit by the highest Moscow official to set foot here since the Soviet

U.S. Admits Blunder in Afghan Village Raid
Tue Feb 5,10:12 AM ET

ABCNEWS.com

- The U.S. military now acknowledges making a deadly mistake two weeks ago in a nighttime raid on a village near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

Rumsfeld Says U.S. Raid May Have Killed Allies
By Vernon Loeb and Bradley Graham

Washington Post Staff Writers

Tuesday, February 5, 2002; Page A09

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged for the first time yesterday that "friendly" Afghan forces may have been killed during a recent U.S. raid and said he hoped U.S. troops

Afghan Leader Says Factional Clashes Unfortunate
Tue Feb 5, 8:58 AM ET

By David Fox

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim leader said Tuesday that recent factional fighting reinforced the need for a national army, but British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon rejected

Afghan currency 'expected to stabilise'
Monday, 4 February, 2002, 18:22 GMT

The Afghani could still settle down and survive

By the BBC's Kate Clarke in Kabul

The Afghan currency, the Afghani, has seen huge changes in value over the last few months.

Afghanistan's accounting nightmare
Tuesday, 5 February, 2002, 13:41 GMT BBC News

Most business transactions are still in cash

By Damian Grammaticas in Kabul

Deep in the vaults of Afghanistan's central bank is what looks like a mountain of money - bundles of notes piled as high as a man fill a small room.

National Police Force Sought in Afghanistan
Recruits Would Hail From All Provinces

By Doug Struck

Washington Post Foreign Service

Tuesday, February 5, 2002; Page A08

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 4 -- Afghanistan expects to have a national police force working in about a year that would be drawn from all provinces, including those now ruled by warlords

Interim government restores 1964 Afghan Constitution
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 5 (Kyodo) - Hamid Karzai, head of Afghan interim government, has issued an order to restore the 1964 Constitution, nullifying all laws, edicts and orders that are in

Iran moves to ease tension with United States
By Ali Raiss-Tousi

TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran moved Tuesday to ease tension with the United States, seeking help from Washington to arrest any al Qaeda fighters who may have fled to the Islamic republic

Afghan commander says new force to quell fighting
By Stuart Grudgings

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A military commander in northern Afghanistan played down on Tuesday recent clashes between his men and a rival force that have raised

INTERVIEW-Afghan leader says forces ready to fight foreigners
By Jon Hemming

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Afghan guerrilla leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said Tuesday he had armed forces inside his war-ravaged homeland ready to eject foreign troops once the time was ripe.

Hunger and death in Afghan villages
Monday, 4 February, 2002, 22:44 GMT

By the BBC's David Loyn in western Afghanistan

Tens of thousands of people face starvation this winter in western Afghanistan - despite a huge international aid effort.

France to Send Philosopher on Afghan Mission
Tue Feb 5, 9:38 AM ET

PARIS (Reuters) - Leading intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy will travel to Afghanistan shortly on behalf of the French government to evaluate the needs and expectations of the Afghan

Biden Says U.S. Role Needed In Afghan Peacekeeping Force
By Peter Slevin

Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, February 5, 2002; Page A12

The United States should send troops to Afghanistan to help keep the peace after the terrorist-hunting mission there is over, the ranking Senate Democrat on foreign affairs said yesterday