At least we got Afghanistan right, and that only took a few days!

• NATO Ready to Expand Peacekeeping Force to Western Afghanistan, by Roger Wilkison, Voice of America, 10 February 2005
• Afghan Kidnappers Meet on Fate of U.N. Hostages, by David Fox, Reuters, November 5, 2004
• Karzai Win Gives Chance to Cleanse Afghan Government, Reuters, Nov 3, 2004
• NATO Meeting to Look at Bigger Afghan Role, Reuters, Oct 12, 2004
• 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. BBC News, October 9, 2004
• The Elections in Afghanistan: A Test for Bush Not Afghans, by Jim Ingalls, and Sonali Kolhatkar, Counterpunch, October 8, 2004
• Fear in Kandahar, by Masha Hamilton, Counterpunch, October 7th, 2004
  "Now All the Americans Do is Drive Around in Armored Cars and Look At Us Suspiciously"
• Beaten Afghan Brides, by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, October 6, 2004
• Afghan warlords 'threaten women', 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.
• No sign of Osama bin Laden - or peace, by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, October 5, 2004
• The world needs to step it up in Afghanistan, by Madeleine K. Albright and Robin Cook, International Herald Tribune, October 4, 2004
• Afghan Death Toll Mounts As Voting Nears, by Stephen Graham, Associated Press, October 4, 2004
• Lackluster Afghan Poll Campaign in Final Stages, Reuters, Oct 1, 2004
• America's Lost Respect, 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."
• US-Backed Warlords Threaten Afghan Elections, by Jim Lobe, AntiWar.com, September 30th, 2004
• Afghanistan I: Back to warlords and opium, by J. Alexander Thier, New York Times, September 24, 2004
• A Chance of Success Slips Away, 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. By Anne Brodsky, Gadflyer, September 15, 2004.
• Afghanistan political shuffle sparks rioting: Governor removed; mobs go after UN, Detroit Free Press, September 13, 2004
• 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. CNN, September 12, 2004
• Remember Afghanistan?, LA Times, September 1st, 2004
• Americans in Kabul Warned after Bombing, Voice Of AAmerica News, 30 Aug 2004
• Six Dead in Afghanistan Explosion, The Associated Press, Aug. 29, 2004
• Afghan Army Dispatched to Calm Violence: Afghan National Army Dispatched to Western Province to Calm Pre-Election Violence, Associated Press, Aug. 15, 2004
• Afghan Troops, U.S. Warplanes Attack Guerrillas: Dozens Killed Near Border, Associated Press, August 4, 2004
• Fifty militants killed in Afghanistan, UPI, August 4th, 2004
• Afghanistan’s forgotten war, Open Democracy, August 4th, 2004
• Afghanistan could implode, CNN, July 29, 2004
• Aid doctors give up on Afghanistan, CNN, July 28, 2004
• Afghan Parliament elections are facing yet another delay, by Carlotta Gall NYT, July 9, 2004