February 6, 2002

Karzai visits Herat, but trouble persists in east
By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim leader visited the western city of Herat on Wednesday on his first trip to an Afghan town outside the capital since taking office in December

Paper: Afghan Leader Says U.S. Mistakes Cost Lives
Wed Feb 6, 1:06 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said U.S. military mistakes cost innocent lives in raids in southern Afghanistan, but the Americans acknowledged the errors and

U.S. Mistakes Cost Innocent Lives, Afghan Leader Says
Karzai Notes Apology, Blames One Raid on Misleading Information

By Marc Kaufman and Peter Baker

Washington Post Foreign Service

Wednesday, February 6, 2002; Page A01

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 -- U.S. military forces killed innocent people in two controversial operations in southern Afghanistan recently, and in one case were intentionally deceived into believing

Iran seeks U.S. help to keep al Qaeda fighters out
Wednesday February 6, 1:18 AM

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran sought help from arch-foe the United States on Tuesday to arrest al Qaeda fighters who may have fled to Iran from Afghanistan, in a conciliatory gesture to

Afghan Captive Flights Resume Wednesday - Official
Tue Feb 5, 5:44 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday plans to resume flights of heavily guarded al Qaeda and Taliban captives from Afghanistan to the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay

U.S. Frees 27 Detainees From Botched Afghan Raid
Wed Feb 6, 8:49 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday released 27 detainees captured in a disputed U.S. raid on Jan. 23 after determining they were not Taliban forces and were not linked

UN Measles Vaccine Effort Reaches Afghan Children
Tue Feb 5, 2:35 PM ET

By Robert James Parsons

GENEVA (Reuters Health) - A mammoth United Nations campaign to vaccinate some 10 million Afghan children against measles has managed to reach one-tenth of the children it hopes to protect

Afghan filmmakers revive their art with teen flick
By Rosalind Russell

KABUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - On a snowy winter's morning in the Afghan capital, three teenage boys are playing truant from school, gambling and smoking cigarettes.

One boy in jeans and a denim jacket

Afghan tribes threaten bloodshed over governor appointment
Wednesday February 6, 4:21 PM AFP

Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai was struggling to keep the peace between tribal chiefs as the World Food Program (WFP) committed almost 300 million dollars to save Afghans from starvation.

Missing New Jersey Man's Name Turns Up in Kabul
By DAVID ROHDE and JAMES RISEN

The New York Times

At Perth Amboy High, Hiram Torres was the valedictorian of the class of 1993, the son of a seamstress who charted a course from his hard- edged industrial hometown in New Jersey

Afghan aid stranded by heavy snow
Wednesday, 6 February, 2002, 07:46 GMT

About seven million Afghans depend on food aid

By the BBC's David Loyn in Badghis

Heavy snow has blocked all routes into the area worst affected by hunger in western Afghanistan and no supplies are now getting in.

Yesterday's Taliban melt into the crowd
Foot soldiers return home, dreaming of an ordinary life

Juliette Terzieff, Chronicle Foreign Service

Tuesday, February 5, 2002 San Francisco Chronicle

Peshawar, Pakistan -- In 1987, Abdullah ran away from his family in Afghanistan's Laghman province for a summer vacation of fighting the Russian troops occupying his homeland. He was 13.

Magazine gives Afghan women new voice
Wednesday, 6 February, 2002, 12:57 GMT

For years women have been denied a public voice

By Kate Clark BBC Afghanistan correspondent

A new women's magazine, The Women's Mirror, has been published in Afghanistan giving a female perspective on news and social affairs.