January 29, 2002

Bush announces new aid to Afghanistan as troops kill more al-Qaeda
Tuesday January 29, 5:14 PM AFP
President George W. Bush announced the United States would provide an extra 50 million dollars for rebuilding Afghanistan, as US and Afghan troops killed six suspected al-Qaeda fighters

Al-Qaeda fighters regroup as US widens anti-terror campaign
Tuesday January 29, 11:08 PM AFP
Hundreds of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda fighters are regrouping in remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan, a local commander said as the US military prepared to open a Southeast

Six al Qaeda fighters killed in Afghan hospital raid
By John Fullerton
Tuesday January 29, 5:54 AM
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - All six al Qaeda fighters holed up in a Kandahar hospital for more than seven weeks were killed on Monday when Afghan forces and their U.S. advisers

Pakistan Denies Bin Laden Visited for Dialysis
Tuesday January 29 9:38 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Pakistan on Tuesday denied a report Osama bin Laden underwent secret kidney dialysis in one of its hospitals a day before the Sept. 11 attacks, President

WFP director in Kabul to review aid programmes
KABUL, Jan 29 (AFP) - The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Catherine Bertini, arrived in Kabul Tuesday at a time when the UN agency has expressed repeated concern about

IMF, World Bank Try to Help Afghans Stabilize
By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, January 29, 2002; Page A08
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 28 -- The first delegation from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to visit Afghanistan in 25 years is meeting this week with Afghan central bank officials

Region's Afghans Pitch In for Homeland
Volunteers Sew Flag, Help Embassy, More
By Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 29, 2002; Page A08
They raced to sew a flag for yesterday's grand reopening of the Embassy of Afghanistan. They scrambled to write a score so musicians could play the new national anthem. They copied fliers