Afghan vote boycott creates turmoil: Afghanistan's first democratic election has been thrown into confusion after it was announced that most presidential candidates were boycotting it.
, by Andrew North, BBC News, October 5th, 2004 Women make up more than 40% of the electorate; Threats on women by the Taleban and warlords are undermining their participation in Afghanistan's upcoming elections, a human rights group says.
, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, October 1st, 2004 "As a result of the American military," President Bush declared last week, "the Taliban is no longer in existence."
, by J Alexander Thier, New York Times, September 23, 2004 "President Bush describes Afghanistan, the first front on the war on terrorism, as a success. In comparison to Iraq, perhaps it is."
Bush concern at Afghan drug boom: Afghanistan produces 75% of the world's opium, says a UN report; President George W Bush has expressed his concern at the illicit drug-growing industry in Afghanistan.
BBC News, September 17, 2004
Whither Afghanistan? The war-devastated nation is once again at risk of falling hostage to narco-terrorists, warlords and unlawful rulers thanks to the policies of the Bush administration.
Afghan police 'kill 8 protesters': Eight people are reported to have been killed and 15 wounded when Afghan police and soldiers fired on protesters who set fire to U.N. offices in the western city of Herat.