Bonn Conference
Afghan Factions Edge Closer to Deal, Afghan Factions Open Key Talks, Afghan Factions Sign Landmark Deal, At-a-Glance Guide to Afghan Deal, Bonn Receives Attendees to Conference on Afghan Go, Breakthrough at Afghan Talks, Key Groups to Attend Afghan Talks, Pressure Builds for Afghan Settlement, Serene Setting for Hard Afghan Talking, Talks Begin on Afghan Transitional Government
Interim Administration
Kabul - A City That Longs To Forgive Its Torment, Karzai Takes Power in Kabul, Karzai's Pursuit of Mullah Omar, New Afghan Leader Enters Kabul
International Security Assistance Force
EU Pledges Troops for Afghanistan, Karzai asks UN for bigger force, Online NewsHour: Prospects for Peacekeeping, Operation Fingal, Top Lawmakers Urge Bush to Expand Afghan Force Bey
Loya Jirga
Afghan Leader Swears In Five Deputies With an Eye , Afghanistan's Emergency Loya Jirga: Special R, Afghans Gather to Thrash Out Future, Democracy Born Again in Kabul, Gangsters, Murderers and Stooges Used to Endorse B, Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Loya Jirga , Karzai Grapples with Appointment of Women's A, Karzai Names Transitional Afghan Cabinet, Karzai Unveals Kabinet - At Last, New Afghan Cabinet Configuration Source of Discont
Conference: Rebuilding Afghanistan: Peace and Stab
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/aussenpolitik/friedenspolitik/afghanistan/konferenz_021202_htm
Provides information on the conference taking place in Bonn on December 2, 2002, transcripts of speeches by the German Foreign Minister and the final results.
Slow Western Aid Could Undermine Afghan Stability
A comment on recent developments by Ahmed Rashid for EurasiaNet.
U.S. Attack on Warlord Aims to Help Interim Leader
The CIA has tried to kill Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, using a missile fired from an unmanned surveillance drone. New York Times, US (free registration required).
US Placing Greater Emphasis on Economic Stabilizat
According to Ahmed Rashid, the United States readjusts its strategic priorities, shifting its focus away from the pursuit of suspected terrorists and instead placing greater emphasis on helping Karzai's administration promote political and economic security.
US Shifts Emphasis in Afghanistan to Security and
Reports on Pentagon efforts for stabilization and reconstruction in the country.
Violence Thwarts Mazar-i-Sharif's Rehabilitat
A report on security problems in the area and extracts of an interview with General Rashid Dostum.
Warlord Pushes for Control of a Corner of Afghanis
Report on the differences between Padsha Khan Zadran, a warlord in Khost province, and the Transitional Government. New York Times, US (free registration required).
West Pays Warlords to Stay in Line
Afghan commanders are being bribed with British and US money to ensure their loyalty to the new government. The Observer, UK.