2 September 2010 - IEC head says some polling centres will face security problems in Helmand; Karzai orders huge shakeup in Interior Ministry; My remarks in media wrongly projected - former deputy attorney-general; No Taliban-Holbrooke talks - US; Afghan school poisonings linked to toxic chemicals; and Afghan Defence Ministry welcomes President Obama’s remarks that more attention will be paid to Afghanistan, says it will open 91 more polling centres, and expresses concern that over-publicity on international troops' draw-down only heightens the enemy's spirits.

1 September 2010 - Afghan ambassador to the United States dismissed; Attack on bus of government employees leaves 3 dead, 12 injured in Afghan capital; Senators accuse Iran, Pakistan of sending fake voting cards to Afghanistan; ECC removes names of 14 parliamentary election candidates; Karzai meets jihadi leaders on planned creation of High Council for Peace; US watching Kabul’s action on corruption; and Oxfam employees killed in Badakhshan.

1 September 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today launched its International Peace Day campaign for 2010 with the broadcast of television and radio spots promoting peace.

31 August 2010 - Security forces arrest 24 Taliban insurgents in Zabul; ECC to remove names of 10-15 parliamentary election candidates; Bomb explosion kills governor of Nangarhar’s Lal Poor district; Interior Ministry sets over 8 tons of narcotics on fire; UNAMA slams candidates’ killing; 20 million acres of land grabbed in Afghanistan; Radio editor freed in Paktika.

31 August 2010 - A cholera outbreak that struck at least 130 people in the Nowa district of the province of Ghazni in Afghanistan’s central highlights is now under control. The outbreak started on 9 August, when a health NGO named Sanayee Development Organization (SDO) reported 60 cases, which were soon revealed to be cholera cases through laboratory confirmation. PDF

30 August 2010 - Presidential Palace denies President Karzai’s involvement in dismissal of former deputy Attorney-General; Afghan forces purge Kandahar's Dand district of insurgents; Security forces to ensure security of 5,914 polling centres, insurgent attacks decrease by 23 per cent - Interior Ministry; Kandahar operation to follow operation against Haqqani network - Petraeus; Afghan war strategy needs rethink – Karzai; Political compromises behind appointment of governors and district chiefs; and Interior and Health ministries probing schoolchildren poisoning.

30 August 2010 - A group of experts from the World Health Organization spent last week on a surveillance mission across the country with the aim to gauge the effectiveness of Afghanistan's surveillance system that is used to detect polio virus circulation among the population. PDF

29 August 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today condemned the killing of a fourth parliamentary election candidate in the western province of Herat and the murder of five men supporting the electoral campaign of a female candidate in the same region.

29 August 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing of a fourth parliamentary election candidate, in Herat on Saturday, and of five men supporting the electoral campaign of a female candidate, also in Herat province. At this stage it is not clear who is responsible for the separate killings. Print English-Dari-Pashto

29 August 2010 -  NATO forces kill 24 insurgents in Khost; Presidential palace denounces Washington Post report saying some Afghan Cabinet members are on CIA pay-list; Over 30 schoolgirls poisoned in Kabul; Taliban attacks NATO bases in Khost; Terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan - Gen Petraeus; Presidential Palace belies reports of CIA payments.