Taleban Driven Out of Kabul
Kabul has fallen. Northern Alliance troops have entered the city amid scenes of jubilation at the end of oppressive Taleban rule.
21 Feb 05
Kosovo
Afghan Opposition Advance on Kabul
The battle for Kabul has begun. Thirty-seven days after the US bombing of Afghanistan began, the whole political, strategic and diplomatic map of the country has changed.
21 Feb 05
Afghan Anarchy Fears
If Afghan parties, meeting next week for talks about the future of their country, fail to achieve a speedy political settlement there could be a return to the anarchy of the early Nineties.
21 Feb 05
Bin Laden Narrowly Escapes Death
Osama bin Laden's intelligence gathering operation appears to have helped him escape a US missle attack on an al-Qaeda base.
21 Feb 05
Kosovo: Radical Fillip for Serbs
Electoral success of Serbian ultra-nationalists bolsters hopes of Kosovo’s beleaguered Serbs.
21 Feb 05
Comment: Serbian Democracy Still Has Life
Contrary to most media reports, Serbia’s hard-line nationalist parties have not made big inroads among the voters over the last three years.
21 Feb 05
Kosovo: Trade Booms Between Old Enemies
Albanians may have thrown off Belgrade rule but they are still part of the Serbian economy.
21 Feb 05
Kosovo Serbs Return to Foreign Country
A small party of Serb pensioners has gone back to Pristina, but the town they left has changed in the meantime.
21 Feb 05
Berisha Tones Down Nano Threat
Climbdown follows foreign warnings against attempt to overturn government.
21 Feb 05
Blood Feuds Revive in Unstable Kosovo
Rise in “Honour killings” blamed on collapse of respect for law and order.
21 Feb 05
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