| 10 January | —The Afghan presidential administration considers the possibility of an amnesty for those involved in the drug trade. |
| 28 January | —Iran’s Deputy Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says that the Islamic Republic of Iran is implementing four water resources projects in Afghanistan, to be completed within three years. |
| 29 January | —U.N. representatives declare that unless the Afghan authorities establish control over drug production in the country, international assistance to Afghanistan will have to be reduced. |
| 2 February | —The World Bank publishes a report saying that in the past two years the Afghan economy has grown by 50 percent. |
| 20 February | —Afghanistan’s Water and Energy Minister Mohammad Ismael Khan says that the situation with electricity supply to Kabul has improved. |
| 22 March | —President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan reaffirms his pledge to allocate $100 million for Afghan reconstruction. Out of this amount, a sum of $43.36 has already been utilized in the country. |
| 27 March | —The United Nations issues a special report saying that the Afghan government’s ban on the cultivation of opium poppy has led to a decline in opium production in the country. |
| 29 March | —It is reported that 660 thousand Afghans own mobile phones, that the state has acquired its own Internet domain (af), and that Microsoft Corporation has…………… |
