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| Feb.4 |
Afghanistan |
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Report urges Afghan farmer boost A new report on drugs trade urges more investment to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers
| Feb.5 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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More opium likely in Afghan south The amount of opium poppy cultivated in volatile provinces will increase this year, according to an annual UN assessment
| Feb.6 |
U.S. Congress |
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R. Gates: Afghanistan may split up NATO US Defence Secretary has warned the future of NATO is at risk due to differences over Afghanistan and that it may become a 2-tier alliance
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Kabul |
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Rice and Miliband on Afghan trip US Secretary of State and UK Foreign Secretary have arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit | |
| Feb.7 |
Kabul |
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Karzai denies tensions with West  President Hamid Karzai has played down tensions over the role of foreign countries operating in Afghanistan. He expressed gratitude to NATO | |
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Lithuania |
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NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis Defence ministers have dismissed talk of a crisis over its operation in Afghanistan, saying the alliance was making progress in the country
| Feb.16 |
Kandahar |
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At least 80 people killed in blast Map of Kandahar Afghanistan A suspected bomb attack has killed dozens of people in Kandahar, as people were watching a dog-fighting competition | |
| Feb.28 |
Afghanistan |
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Army considers Harry deployment  Army heads are to decide whether the Prince can continue his deployment in Afghanistan after news broke of him on the front line against the Taliban | |
| Feb.29 |
Afghanistan |
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Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
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