News Digest
LOYA JIRGA DELEGATES DISPUTE AFGHANISTAN\'S NEW CONSTITUTION
By empty (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A group of delegates to Afghanistan\'s historic loya jirga is set to claim the constitution they approved earlier this month was altered by the government ahead of its signing into law. The group of about 20 delegates from the capital Kabul is headed by Abdul Hafiz Mansoor, a former anti-Soviet mujahedin fighter and head of the opposition bloc at the loya jirga (grand assembly) that opposed many of the arguments put forward by the government of President Hamid Karzai. \"I myself have discovered more than 15 changes that the government does not have the authority to make,\" Mansoor told AFP.FOUR BRITISH TROOPS HURT IN KABUL ATTACK, WITNESSES SAY
By empty (1/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At least four British soldiers from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan were wounded Wednesday when their car was hit by a blast in Kabul, witnesses said. \"I saw four wounded soldiers and one of their Afghan translators being carried away from the car that exploded,\" a witness close to the scene said. Police confirmed the incident, but gave no further details.U.S. LAWMAKERS QUESTION AFGHANISTAN PROGRESS
By empty (1/27/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
U.S. senators on Tuesday criticized NATO members for failing to provide enough troops and resources to help stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan, and worried that U.UZBEK GROUP BLAMES CREW IN PLANE CRASH
By empty (1/27/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Pilot error caused an airliner to crash Jan. 13, killing all 37 people on board, including the head of the U.N.Visit also
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